Petitions Challenges Update

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there have been 5 challenges (one withdrawn) in the u.s. senate race.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 mayers' challenge of dick durbin was withdrawn.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