David Jacobson was the last candidate to file his petition for DeKalb mayor.

DeKalb’s 1st Ward alderman filed his petition about 10 minutes before the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday so he could size up the competition. The other three mayoral candidates – DeKalb School District 428 board member Mike Verbic, former Ag/Monsanto employee John Rey, and former Re:New DeKalb executive director Jennifer Groce – filed their petitions the first day.

“It was important for me to see who else would be out there and see where their platforms were going to be,” Jacobson said. “And it turned out, no one else turned their packets in.”