Bill Scheuer is a member of the Illinois Green Party who is seeking his party’s nomination for the U.S. House, 8th district. A Democratic Party official challenged his petition to be on the Green Party primary ballot, but the State Board of Elections recently deadlocked, 4-4, on whether to remove him from the Green Party primary ballot. On a tie vote, the candidate remains on the ballot. See this story.
The 8th district was not close in 2008, when only the Democratic and Republican Party had nominees on the November ballot. The 2008 vote was: Melissa Bean, Democrat, 179,444 votes; Steve Greenberg, Republican, 116,081 votes.