Television station WTTW is sponsoring a gubernatorial debate. See this story. Three candidates are on the ballot, including independent Collin Corbett. The station originally excluded Corbett from the debate on the grounds that he is not the nominee of a qualified party. But that would have been illegal; broadcast sponsors are required to have objective criteria. When the station realized this, it changed the rules and said anyone at 15% in the polls may attend. There have been no gubernatorial polls for this race so far.

The story implies that Illinois has never had a televised gubernatorial debate that included a candidate other than the Democratic or Republican nominees. But in 2010, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale sponsored a televised debate and the Green Party nominee, Richard Whitney, was included. That debate was held on October 14, 2010.

The Utah Forward Party has 16 nominees for state legislature on the ballot, more than any other state minor party. However, this only counts nominees who are only the nominee of that particular minor party. It excludes candidates nominated by the Conservative Party of New York, the Working Families Parties of Connecticut and New York, and the nominees of the Independent Party of Connecticut, who are also major party nominees.

Runner-up to the Forward Party of Utah are the Libertarian Parties of Colorado and North Carolina, each of whom had 15 nominees.