DeKalb County is part of the Sixteenth Circuit.

The following judicial races will appear on the 2008 ballot in DeKalb County:

A Vacancy - 1st Subcircuit

• Jim Murphy (D)
• Fred M. Morelli, Jr. (R)

A Vacancy - 2nd Subcircuit

• John A. Noverini (D)
• Patricia Piper Golden (R)

The following judicial retention questions (yes or no) will appear on the November ballot:

Retentions - Appellate

• Robert D. McLaren

Retentions - Circuit

• Michael J. Colwell
   
• Grant S. Wegner
   
• Timothy Q. Sheldon
   
• F. Keith Brown
   
• Kurt P. Klein
   
• Joseph M. Grady
   
• Judy Brawka

The following counties comprise the 16th Circuit:

• DeKalb
• Kane
• Kendall