Illinois has the second-highest petition requirement for minor party and independent candidates for U.S. House, 5% of the last vote cast. Only Georgia is more severe. Nevertheless, four independent candidates are petitioning to get on the ballot in the 4th district in Chicago. That is because the Democratic nominee, Patty Garcia, is unpopular because of the way she got on the ballot. The incumbent, Jesus Garcia, told almost no one that he wasn’t running for re-election in the March primary, but he did tell Patty Garcia. So by the time the news spread, it was too late for other Democrats to petition for the primary ballot. Congressman Garcia was censured on the floor of the U.S. House for this behavior.
That motivated four Democrats to start independent petition drives to get on the November ballot. In addition, the Working Class Party is ballot-qualified in the Fourth District, and it is running a candidate. See this story.
Censured,not censored.
thank you. I just fixed it.
requirement to have candidate declarations
incumbents earlier
other folks a week later
No candidates, no problems, vote by party only.
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VA appeal to scotus re va sct – g op on 5-8-2026
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=156071
ELB on above VA 25A1240
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/05/alabama-asks-the-court-to-clear-the-way-for-it-to-use-congressional-map-struck-as-diluting-black/
sb on al gerrymander case for usa reps
The AZ SPAMBOT aka nAZi-666 should stick to answering Ifo’s questions.
@AZ, RW,
Rep. Jesus Garcia filed for re-election before the November 2025 deadline. His chief of staff Patty Garcia filed just before the deadline. Her boss, Rep. Garcia was the first to sign her petition. Rep. Garcia then withdrew.
The censure petition was filed by a Democratic representative from Washington, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. Most Democrats in the House opposed censure, but with unanimous GOP support and 23 Democrats it passed the House.
In addition to the Working Families nominee, there is a Republican nominee. In the primary Patty Garcia received 52,616 votes; The Republican Lupe Castillo received 8,336 votes, and the WFP candidate received 5 votes. Garcia needed 697 signatures, and Castillo 371. I could not find how many signatures that Hershey needed. Independent candidates need 10,816 signatures.
Job Creators are a hard working class, unlike unemployed welfare leeches. Marxist terminology inverts reality, as usual.