Strong early filing for Illinois attorney general, Congress
A crowd of Democrats lined up Monday in hopes of succeeding longtime Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan as petition filing opened for the March 20 primary election.
Contenders also filed for the chance to take on a number of the suburbs' representatives in Congress. But very few primary races emerged for suburban seats in the Illinois legislature, even in eight districts where the incumbent is not seeking re-election.
Candidates have until 5 p.m. Dec. 4 to file nominating petitions that qualify them to run, but many lined up before the doors opened Monday at the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield because the first filers have a shot at the top ballot position.
By the end of the day, the Democratic field for Illinois attorney general included state Rep. Scott Drury of Highwood, former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti of Chicago, former governor Pat Quinn, state Sen. Kwame Raoul of Chicago and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering. Filing as a Republican was attorney and former Miss America Erika Harold of Urbana.
So far unchallenged by fellow Republicans in the 6th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton is likely to face the winner of a field of Democrats that already includes Sean Casten of Downers Grove, Amanda Howland of Lake Zurich, Kelly Mazeski of Barrington Hills, Becky Anderson Wilkens of Naperville and Jennifer Zordani of Clarendon Hills.
Five more Democrats filed for the 14th Congressional District seat held by Republican Randy Hultgren of Plano. Candidates are Matthew Brolley of Montgomery, John J. Hosta of Spring Grove, Victor Swanson of Batavia,
Lauren Underwood of Naperville and George Weber of Lakewood. No Republicans had filed to challenge Hultgren.
Both John D. Elleson, pastor of Lakewood Chapel in Arlington Heights, and retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sargis Sangari of Skokie filed Monday for the Republican primary in the 9th Congressional District in the hope of challenging longtime Democratic incumbent Jan Schakowsky of Evanston.
And Republicans Douglas R. Bennett of Deerfield, Sapan Shah of Libertyville and Jeremy Wynes of Highland Park are vying to take on Democratic incumbent Brad Schneider of Deerfield in the 10th Congressional District.
In the governor's race, incumbent running mates Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti were the first Republicans to file. Declared GOP challenger Jeanne Ives did not file Monday.
Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor who filed on Monday were the teams of J.B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, Chris Kennedy and Ra Joy, and Daniel Biss and Litesa E. Wallace.
Here are the suburban candidates who filed on Monday:
Governor and LT. Governor
Democrats
JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton
Chris Kennedy and Ra Joy
Daniel Biss and Litesa E. Wallace
Republicans
Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Democrats
Kwame Raoul
Renato Mariotti
Nancy Rotering
Scott Drury
Pat Quinn
Republican
Erika Harold
Secretary of State
Democrat
Jesse White
Congress
5th District
Democrats
Benjamin Thomas Wolf, Chicago
Mike Quigley, Chicago
6th District
Democrats
Sean Casten, Downers Grove
Jennifer Zordani, Clarendon Hills
Becky Anderson Wilkins, Naperville
Kelly Mazeski, Barrington Hills
Amanda Howland, Lake Zurich
Republican
Peter Roskam, Wheaton
8th District
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi, Schaumburg
9th District
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky, Evanston
Republicans
John D. Elleson, Arlington Heights
Sargis Sangari, Skokie
10th District
Democrat
Brad Schneider, Deerfield
Republicans
Jeremy Wynes, Highland Park
Sapan Shah, Libertyville
Douglas R. Bennett, Deerfield
11th District
Democrat
Bill Foster, Naperville
14th District
Democrats
John J. Hosta, Spring Grove
Victor Swanson, Batavia
Lauren Underwood, Naperville
Matthew Brolley, Montgomery
George Weber, Lakewood
Republican
Randall M. "Randy" Hultgren, Plano
State Senate
21st District
Republican
Michal G. Connelly, Lisle
23rd District
Democrat
Thomas Cullerton, Villa Park
Republican
Seth Lewis, Bartlett
24th District
Republican
Chris Nybo, Elmhurst
26th District
Republican
Dan McConchie, Hawthorn Woods
27th District
Republican
Tom Rooney, Rolling Meadows
29th District
Democrat
Julie A. Morrison, Deerfield
Republican
Barrett Davie, Lake Forest
30th District
Democrat
Terry Link, Vernon Hills
32nd District
Republican
Craig Wilcox, McHenry
3rd District
Republican
Karen McConnaughay, St. Charles
35th District
Republican
Dave Syverson, Rockford
39th District
Democrat
Don Harmon, Oak Park
41st District
Democrat
Bridget M. Fitzgerald, Western Springs
Republican
John Curran, Downers Grove
42Nd District
Democrat
Linda Holmes, Aurora
State House
17TH DISTRICT
Democrats
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Glenview
Mary Rita Luecke, Skokie
Candance Chow, Evanston
Alexandra Eidenberg, Wilmette
20th District
Democrat
Merry Marwig, Chicago
Republican
Michael P. McAuliffe, Chicago
41st District
Republican
Grant Wehrli, Naperville
42Nd District
Democrat
Kathleen V. Carrier, Carol Stream
Republican
Burt Minor, Warrenville
43RD District
Democrat
Anna Moeller, Elgin
Republican
Andrew R. Cuming, Elgin
44th District
Democrat
Fred Crespo, Hoffman Estates
Republican
Katy Dolan Baumer, Streamwood
45th District
Republican
Christine Jennifer Winger, Wood Dale
46th District
Democrat
Deb Conroy, Villa Park
Republican
Gordon (Jay) Kinzler, Glen Ellyn
47th District
Democrat
James M. "Jim" Caffrey, Elmhurst
Republican
Deanne Marie Mazzochi, Elmhurst
48th District
Democrat
Terra Costa Howard, Glen Ellyn
Republican
Peter Breen, Lombard
49th District
Democrat
Karina Villa, West Chicago
Republicans
Nic Zito, Wayne
Tonia Jane Khouri, Aurora
50th District
Democrat
James G. Leslie, Aurora
Republican
Keith R. Wheeler, Oswego
51st District
Republican
Nick Sauer, Lake Barrington
52nd District
Republican
David McSweeney, Barrington Hills
53rd District
Democrat
Mark L. Walker, Arlington Heights
54th District
Democrat
Maggie Trevor, Rolling Meadows
Republican
Tom Morrison, Palatine
55th District
Democrat
Martin J. Moylan, Des Plaines
56th District
Democrat
Michelle Mussman, Schaumburg
Republicans
Jillian Rose Bernas, Schaumburg
57th District
Democrat
Jonathan Carroll, Northbrook
58th District
Democrats
Bob Morgan, Deerfield
Republicans
Cindy Masover, Highland Park
59th District
Democrat
Daniel Didech, Buffalo Grove
Republican
Marko Sukovic, Lincolnshire
60th District
Democrat
Rita Mayfield, Waukegan
61st District
Democrat
Joyce Mason, Gurnee
Republican
Sheri Jesiel, Winthrop Harbor
62nd District
Democrat
Sam Yingling, Grayslake
Republicans
Adam Solano, Third Lake
Ken Idstein, Grayslake
64th District
Republican
Tom Weber, Lake Villa
65th District
Republican
Dan Ugaste, Geneva
66th District
Republican
Allen Skillicorn, East Dundee
70th District
Republican
Jeff Keicher, Sycamore
77th District
Democrat
Kathleen Willis, Addison
81st District
Republicans
David S. Olsen, Downers Grove
83rd District
Democrat
Linda Chapa LaVia, Aurora
84th District
Democrat
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Oswego
Republican
Patty Smith, Aurora
97th District
Democrat
Mica Freeman, Plainfield
Republican
Mark Batinick, Plainfield
98th District
Republicans
Alyssia Beford, Bolingbrook