The Tribune reported in February that Quinn acknowledged under oath that he inquired whether Joe Barboza, one of the two allegedly phony candidates, would be interested in running. Madigan political workers also collected signatures to get on the ballot the other challenger, Grasiela Rodriguez. A Madigan lieutenant testified that he drove the nominating paperwork for both Rodriguez and Barboza to Springfield. And neither Barboza nor Rodriguez filed financial reports with the state to indicate they raised or spent money, the kind of activity associated with active campaigns.