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If Scheurer gets onto the ballot, Melissa Bean could will find herself in huge trouble.
Bill Scheurer, a Moderate Party candidate in the 8th Congressional district, said this week he has the 13,950 petition signatures he needs by Monday to get on the ballot.“I don’t have a final count, but I have every indication we’ve gone over the amount we need,” he said.
The anti-war, pro-life candidate with labor support was worried last week that he may not reach the mark, but Scheurer says he made it with the help of dozens of volunteers and his wife, Randi, who collected signatures from thousands of local residents. […]
Determined to be a factor in November, Scheurer said he will run as a write-in candidate if he fails to get the minimum number of signatures or if his petitions are thrown out because of a challenge.
The Republican candidate McSweeney has pledged not to challenge his petitions.
Scheurer has plenty of labor support from the Machinists, the Teamsters and UNITE-HERE. They’ve contributed thousands of dollars to his campaign so far and they’re bound and determined to dump Bean, who even failed to receive the AFL-CIO endorsement.
UPDATE: While we’re on the third party thing, Illini Pundit has posted the latest Green Party press release.
Illinois Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Rich Whitney will hold a press conference at 1 p.m, Monday, June 26 in the Capitol Press Room to formally submit over 35,000 signatures that have been collected by hundreds of Green volunteers around the state over the past three months to obtain a place on the November ballot.
One suggestion: Learn how to write shorter sentences.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 1:07 pm
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Pro-life, anti-war..he could pull some votes from McSweeney too. Good news this is
Comment by Wumpus Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 1:14 pm
i agree with you rich. bean will be in huge trouble.
Comment by ron Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 2:19 pm
One suggestion: Learn how to write shorter sentences.
God forbid that a typical adult should be expected to comprehend a sentence of more than 10 words!
Talk about lowering the bar. We’re not all George W. Bush-level intellects.
Comment by anonymous Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 2:24 pm
Um, that’s not lowering the bar. That’s decent grammar. I’m not the best, I admit it, but run-on sentences are a pet peeve.
Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 2:28 pm
another example of how rahm hasn’t exactly shown sound strategic sense. (for those who don’t recall, i’ve noted before that there cegelis partisans were being wooed by the scheurer. had cegelis won, you might — might! — have had a candidate as awful as duckworth, but at least bean would have been more secure. now *that’s* bad judgment!)
Comment by bored now Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 4:37 pm
Labor’s taken leave of their senses.
Comment by Bill Baar Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 5:07 pm
No, labor is acting like many of the Roeser Repulicans my way or the highway…perhaps you are right.
Comment by Wumpus Thursday, Jun 22, 06 @ 7:13 pm
It’s summer - no one gives a ‘what!!!’
Comment by P Friday, Jun 23, 06 @ 1:28 am
Cong. Bean being opposed by a few unions will help her in that district. It adds to her pro-business credentials.
If the unions defeat her, they will get what they have coming.
Defeat Bean, and get a national “right to work” law. Nice work, unions. Please aim directly at your own foot. We don’t want anybody else getting hurt.
Comment by Skeeter Friday, Jun 23, 06 @ 10:42 am
Without Bill Scheurer on the ballot, the fall election will be nothing more than Republican Primary Act 2. No one can credibly claim that Bean is anywhere close to being a real Democrat. That is why so many Republicans like her when compared to the extremism of McSweeney. Scheurer offers the only real choice in this election. It is too bad Democrats are resorting to GOP style dirty tricks to stop him.
Comment by Anonimoose Friday, Jun 23, 06 @ 7:09 pm
The people who live in the 8th District and will bother to vote in November, will do so based on war, [so-called] family values, and abortion rights. Bean thus has the advantage, because she is pro-choice. That is just my opinion.
When are they going to switch voting day to Saturday, to see if that encourages more people to vote? Not that that would make much difference in the lousy choices.
Comment by JayHO Friday, Jul 21, 06 @ 2:52 am