* Art Jones, a perennial candidate who was a leader of the American Nazi Party, filed this morning to run as a Republican in the 3rd Congressional District. Jones won 26.5 percent of the vote against Democratic incumbent Dan Lipinski last year.

But, unlike last time, Jones will likely have to defeat a Republican primary opponent. Will County Board Minority Leader Mike Fricilone filed his petitions to run last week.

* Jones was spotted at the Board of Elections today checking petition signatures…

Ugh.

…Adding… As expected, Jones examined Fricilone’s petitions today.

*** UPDATE 1 *** More rerun weirdness…



Also filing again today is 9/11 "truther" and general conspiracy theorist Bill Fawell, again seeking the IL-17 GOP nomination. He was disavowed by local GOP'ers in the district after he won the nomination by default in 2018 and people looked at his past writings. https://t.co/sW7OWpigcr — Chris Kaergard (@ChrisKaergard) December 2, 2019

*** UPDATE 2 *** ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider…