Washington (CNN) An independent candidate has launched a write-in campaign in an Illinois congressional district to directly take on a former Nazi party leader and "fight back" against "hateful viewpoints."

Lawyer Justin Hanson launched his campaign Wednesday in Illinois' 3rd Congressional District as a write-in candidate against Arthur Jones, who ran in an uncontested Republican primary in the Chicago-area district. Hanson will also face incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski, who has held the seat since 2005 and is heavily favored to win re-election.

Hanson, 35, practices commercial complex and corporate litigation at Gould & Ratner in Chicago. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked for Missouri's Republican Sen. Roy Blunt and as a policy analyst for Adam Putnam, a former Republican congressman from Florida and current candidate for governor in the state.

Hanson said Jones' uncontested primary run inspired him to throw his hat in the ring:

"I don't know what drives men like Jones to so openly express the un-American views they hold. But it does feel like people who share Jones' white supremacist and Nazi beliefs are more emboldened today. We're just one campaign, but we want to fight back against these hateful viewpoints."

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