180 objections have been filed before the state board of elections, the overwhelming number of them coming today (tuesday, november 11). 76 of the challenges were directed towards (mostly) court candidates. the rest were distributed among the races most likely to be in the public eye leading up to february 5.
there were 12 challenges, one each for all the presidential candidates -- obama, though, got 2 challenges. all these challenges came from one person: richard mayers of berwyn, the controversial green candidate in the third congressional district.
there have been 5 challenges (one withdrawn) in the u.s. senate race. republican candidate norm hill was challenged by three different objectors (including mayers). mike psak was also challenged. mayers' challenge of dick durbin was withdrawn.
there have been 14 challenges in the congressional races, 6 against democratic candidates, 3 against republican candidates, 4 against green party candidates and the moderate party in the 8th congressional district was challenged. the two democrats in the 1st congressional race, doc walls and bobby rush, were each challenged. in the third congressional district, mayers challenged the incumbent and his green party primary opponent (pohlen), while himself getting challenged by green party members. one republican, wardingley, was also challenged, which may have been the deciding factor in his withdrawal.
jagla, democrat in the 6th, was challenged. democrat randi scheurer, who has called herself a progressive, challenged a fellow democrat, farnick. the candidate representing the party of randi's husband bill (the moderate party) was also challenged. the green party candidate in the 10th was challenged. baldermann, republican in the 11th, dilger, republican in the 14th, the green party candidate in the 16th, and roney, democrat in the 19th, all got challenged.
there have been 14 challenges in illinois senate races, 13 in democratic races. 5 of these have come in the three-way race in the 5th legislative district. the incumbent (ricky hendon) has objected to paperwork filed by his two opponents, and amy sue mertens filed objections against hendron and bedi. another objector challenged mertens paperwork. there were three challenges in the 3rd legislative district, one each against each candidate. the two candidates in the 30th legislative district each got challenged. these three races could very well be the races to watch among illinois senate races. the races in the 3rd and the 5th seem most interesting.
there was one challenge each in the 2nd (the incumbent), 20th (the challenger), 45th (open) and 51st (democratic challenger) legislative (senate) districts.
there have been 59 challenges among candidates for the illinois house. 48 of these challenges have come against democratic candidates, 6 against republicans and 5 against green party candidates in races for 23 house seats. the largest amount of challenges (16) have come in the race for the 32nd house seat where milton patterson is retiring. all six democratic candidates for this southside seat have been challenged. 6 objections were filed in the 33rd district, 5 against the incumbent (marlow colvin), one against his challenger. 5 challenges have been filed in the 28th district, one each against the challengers of incumbent robert rita. the race for the 32nd promises to be very interesting. the 33rd race looks exciting at this point. the race for the 28th probably not so much.
the complete list of challenges in congressional and illinois general assembly races follow:
Congress:
POSEY V WALLS, III IL-01 D
WALLS, III & COWARD V RUSH IL-01 D
JONES V WARDINGLEY IL-03 R
BOGOLUB & O'CONNOR V MAYERS IL-03 G
MAYERS V POHLEN IL-03 G
MAYERS V LIPINSKI IL-03 D
FLYNN V JAGLA IL-06 D
SCHEURER V FARNICK IL-08 D
FERRITTO V ABERNATHY IL-08 M
COUVALL V KALBFLEISCH IL-10 G
WONG LOI SING V BALDERMANN IL-11 R
ZAHM & DAVIS V DILGER IL-14 R
COLOSIA V SUMMERS IL-16 G
COADY, O'HARE V RONEY IL-19 D
Illinois Senate:
MORENO V DELGADO ILSEN-02 D
McCULLOUGH V HUNTER ILSEN-03 D
COPELAND & REID V MCNEAL ILSEN-03 D
COPELAND & REID V MCCULLOUGH ILSEN-03 D
HENDON & BARNES V MERTENS ILSEN-05 D
HENDON & BARNES V BEDI ILSEN-05 D
MERTENS V BEDI ILSEN-05 D
MERTENS V HENDON ILSEN-05 D
DORAN V MERTENS ILSEN-05 D
WELCH & ABREGO V JARAMILLO ILSEN-20 D
JOHNSON V LINK ILSEN-30 D
ARON ETAL V JOHNSON ILSEN-30 D
HARTMAN V BLUM ILSEN-45 R
KASSON V HURST ILSEN-51 D
Illinois House:
GRZYWACZ V RODRIGUEZ ILGA-02 D
GRZYWACZ V FITZGERALD ILGA-02 D
NORIEGA V CALDERON ILGA-03 D
LUNA V CALDERON ILGA-03 D
LOPEZ V CALDERON ILGA-03 D
CRUMPTON V SAWYER ILGA-05 D
WASHINGTON V SMITH ILGA-06 D
ROBERTS & JALIL V COX ILGA-09 G
BARNETT V COX ILGA-09 G
ERVIN V WINTERS ILGA-10 D
ERVIN V COLLINS ILGA-10 D
AGUILA V GILHOOLY ILGA-15 G
NOVA V MANIOTIS ILGA-21 G
MAYERS V MANIOTIS ILGA-21 G
STEARNS V LATIKER ILGA-25 D
AUSTIN, ET. AL. V WILLIAMS ILGA-26 D
AUSTIN, ET. AL. V TATUM ILGA-26 D
EDMONDS & KNOX V McCORKLE ILGA-27 D
HARRISON V MOORE ILGA-27 D
HARRISON V McCORKLE ILGA-27 D
GARNER & OSBORNE SR V ELEM ILGA-28 D
GARNER & OSBORNE SR V CASTON ILGA-28 D
GARNER & OSBORNE SR. V TAYLOR ILGA-28 D
GARNER & OSBORNE SR. V MAYDEN ILGA-28 D
McDANIEL V RAYBURN ILGA-28 D
COATNEY & BYRD V FORTE ILGA-30 D
COATNEY & BYRD V HEADLEY ILGA-30 D
THAPEDI V WILLIAMS ILGA-32 D
THAPEDI V SEALS, JR. ILGA-32 D
THAPEDI V SMITH ILGA-32 D
THAPEDI V JOHNSON ILGA-32 D
THAPEDI V SMITH ILGA-32 D
KIRK V JOHNSON ILGA-32 D
KIRK V SMITH ILGA-32 D
KIRK V THAPEDI ILGA-32 D
KIRK V SMITH ILGA-32 D
KIRK V WILLIAMS ILGA-32 D
SMITH V SMITH ILGA-32 D
WILLIAMS & JONES V JOHNSON ILGA-32 D
WILLIAMS & JONES V SEALS, JR. ILGA-32 D
WILLIAMS & JONES V SMITH ILGA-32 D
WILLIAMS & JONES V THAPEDI ILGA-32 D
WILLIAMS & JONES V SMITH ILGA-32 D
SIMAS V COLVIN ILGA-33 D
PRINCE V COLVIN ILGA-33 D
PRINCE V COLVIN ILGA-33 D
COBB V COLVIN ILGA-33 D
PRINCE V COLVIN ILGA-33 D
ANDERSON V PRINCE ILGA-33 D
LINKENHELD, JR. V KEGARISE ILGA-56 R
CARSTENS V ELAM ILGA-60 D
GONZALES V LOGAN ILGA-78 D
CAROTHERS V LOGAN ILGA-78 D
BYRD V PORTER ILGA-79 D
SENDEJAS V SHABO ILGA-80 R
DULLI V BOWLER ILGA-96 R
DULLI V WISNIEWSKI ILGA-96 R
ACTON V BALDWIN ILGA-104 R
THOMPSON V TOMLINSON ILGA-105 R
7 comments:
The 32nd district race will be no contest. The lawyer, Andre Thapedi, will run away with it. Bobby Joe Johnson tried to run for Alderman but was kicked off the ballot. The others are also likely victims to Thapedi who ran for Judge once and has the know how to win.
In the 30th State Rep. race I'm going for the young lady who is really in the community for the people. She's vocal, visiable, has accountability and educated.
A people person. The incumbent has sat long enough not friendly to the voters. The other guy was put in as a spoiler, lacking directions.
and who would that be? i know who you are talking about, but don't you think you should have said?
the 30th, in the south suburban area, is currently served by will davis, a young go-getter. will has lots of idea and is eager to expand jobs and opportunity in his district. he's always looking for ways to do that.
maureen i'm not that familiar with. nor, actually, mark headley, who you think is a spoiler. i wouldn't share that conclusion, just because both have been challenged. if one was a spoiler, then that ghost candidate wouldn't have been challenged. what would be the point? they could always withdraw if the challenged candidate was taken off the ballot. otoh, filing objections against a ghost candidate might get them throw off, while the real challenger remains on the ballot. that wouldn't be smart strategy. the whole point of plants is to split the anti-incumbent vote.
it would have been interesting to know why you support maureen, or why you are dissatisfied with will's representation of your district...
This is Syron Smith and whoever wrote this comment that Mr. Thapedi is going to run away with the 32nd District, obviously doesn't know that I am running for the same seat. I suggest in the future that person identify him or her self. I can be reached at 773 760-3150 or check me out at www.youtube.com/syronsmith
You can't be Syron becuase he already dropped out of the race for 32nd District Rep! How can he or anyone else say that he is ruuning for the 32nd District seat when he outright quit according to the Board of Elections? When the tough got going (and politics is tuff stuff) he quit. We don't need a quitter with no knowledge of business and law in Springfield. The sad truth is that Smith was thrown off the ballot in the municipal election becuase he did not do follow the rules of the Board of Election. Here he is again trying to win something, but again does not follow the rules. How can he possbily think that he can read laws, make laws, and get rid of bad laws for the people when he can't follow basic rules. Syron Smith must be a Republican trying to confuse the people. What a hustler!
Funny that you talk about following the rules, check out your candidate and compare who has been arrested for breaking or following the rules; guarantee you not Syron. Once again check out the WORK that I do at www.youtube.com/syronsmith. We will see how far Mr. Thapedi gets. The concept Sy is working on will "hands down" help change the world.
Syron Smith is clearly:
(1) An anti-Obama Republican
(2) A quitter, after quitting the race for State Rep.
(3) A hustler who was thrown off the ballot when he tried to run againt Mayor Daley.
I'm not saying Thapedi is the best legislator in Springfield, but he was endorsed by Obama which means something to our people.
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