Joseph DeFelice, chairman of the city's Republican Party, and state GOP chair Val DiGiorgio held a news conference to announce the joint lawsuit. (Honkala said March 23 that her campaign would sue.) DeFelice said the party is suing not because he thinks Little might have won in the heavily Democratic district, but because the violations were so rampant that those responsible should face fines and, if applicable, criminal charges. The ultimate goal is to have the results invalidated, DiGiorgio said.