IL-06/IL-14: Congressional Filings as of End of Monday

On Monday, both of the Democratic incumbents and all known Republican challengers filed their petitions for the 2020 elections in Springfield:

6th district:

  • Sean Casten, Democratic
  • Jeanne Ives, Republican
  • Gordon (Jay) Kinzler, Republican

14th district:

  • Lauren Underwood, Democratic
  • Jerry Evans, Republican
  • Ted Gradel, Republican
  • Catalina Lauf, Republican
  • James Marter, Republican
  • Jim Oberweis, Republican
  • Sue Rezin, Republican
  • Anthony Catella, Republican
Anthony Catella on Monday in Springfield with petitions

All of the candidates except Anthony Catella filed their petitions at 8AM Monday, and the Republicans will have a lottery to determine ballot placement.

Catella will be the last Republican listed on the primary ballot.

As reported on McHenry County Blog this morning, Danny Malouf posted on Facebook he has decided not to file his petitions.

Since the filing deadline is Monday close-of-business, Malouf will be treated as a candidate for Congress until after next Monday, in the event he changes his mind and files his petitions.

On Monday, Ted Gradel’s campaign issued a statement about his campaign filing its petitions:

“Thank you to the many volunteers, friends, family, and grassroots supporters who worked tirelessly and went above and beyond to collect over 3,000 signatures.

“In talking to many of the patriots who signed our petitions, the message is loud and clear: Congress needs to get back to work, and it’s time to send an outsider with real experience to stand up for freedom, limited government, and pro-growth policies to keep our economy growing.

“This is just the first step in our campaign, and we’re playing to win.”

Ted Gradel statement, 11/25/19
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Ted Gradel holding petitions with wife Sarah with someone wishing “Daddy” well with supportive paw

Comments

IL-06/IL-14: Congressional Filings as of End of Monday — 5 Comments

  1. Was Evans collecting signatures before he announced on October 20th?

    That’s a lot of signatures in a short amount of time for someone with hardly any supporters or name recognition and who works full time.

  2. Legally, Jerry Evans could have been collecting signatures prior to his 10/21 public announcement, as long as he collected no signatures prior to 9/3.

    It’s only after one surpasses $5k spending or contributions is one required to file with the FEC.

  3. I didn’t mean to insinuate he was doing anything illegal, was just curious if he ran a sleeper campaign or how he got so many signatures in such a short amount of time.

    By chance, do you know where to find senate filings?

    U.S. Senate. I assume it’s somewhere on the State Board of Elections’ website but I’m not sure exactly where.

    I’m anxious to see if William J Kelly is going to flake out like usual (followed by an eventual also-not-serious run with a third party).

  4. How many of those listed in this article are shuffling around in loafers and doing as little as possible while expecting top financial renumeration?

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