Brown Out

Tedora Brown may be qualified for a position in DOGE -- her numbers do not add up. Brown will not be a GOP candidate for the 11th Congressional District, because her nominating petition is one signature shy a franchise:

A suburban congressional candidate's name was struck from upcoming primary ballots Thursday after the Illinois State Board of Elections decided her petitions fell one signature short of the legally required 799.
GOP congressional candidate falls one signature short, removed from ballot

Ordinarily, candidate Brown would be advised to not quit her day job, except she is under indictment for her day job:

Brown is awaiting trial on 13 federal counts of wire fraud in a case alleging she and her husband misused COVID-19 relief funds. They obtained at least $742,000 in small business loans and grants for businesses that didn't exist or weren't operating, prosecutors said in 2023.
GOP congressional candidate falls one signature short, removed from ballot

Tedora Brown still has some options. Obtain a Presidential pardon on the wire fraud charges. Failing that, at least get a pardon for that one signature.

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New Year's Eviction

If candidates must resolve to obtain sufficient signatures to qualify for the ballot, then Joe Severino already broke his New Year's resolution. Lake County GOP favorite son Joe Severino will not be a candidate for Governor this year. The State Board of Elections says he is 252 votes shy a win:

Is it over for Joe Severino? There is still time to donate to his campaign:

Money donated can't be used to buy back votes. That would be illegal. But that money could hire enough legal talent to keep the case in permanent legal limbo, until the day when the State Board of Elections is forced to keep Joe Severino on the 2026 Primary ballot. That would be perfectly legal.