Oct 15, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
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Anita BlantonHost
Ben Zielinski
Brandon PopeSteve SchwinnGuest
Mayoral candidate Bill Quinlan's plan to knock three rivals off the 2027 ballot has been foiled for now.
That is because a judge dismissed his lawsuit accusing Alexi Janoulias, Maria Pappas, and Mike Quigley of violating state election law.
Quinlan argued his opponents are violating state election law by running for mayor while also seeking reelection to their current offices.
It says, and he claims, Judge Riley's decision doesn't rule out another lawsuit because it's based on timing, not the merits of his claim.
The judge noted that technically there aren't official candidates yet because the deadline to file nominating petitions isn't until October 19th.
He went on to warn, quote, these candidates are rolling the dice with voters' choices.
Illinois could wake up after the election with a Republican secretary of state, a Republican in Congress, and potentially a Republican Cook County treasurer.
Basically, these candidates haven't officially filed to be candidates for mayor yet.
So as of this moment, there's no legal conflict.
It only arises once they file papers to run for mayor.
And so the court said, it's too early to decide this.
It might not come up.
This is sort of a longstanding principle in jurisprudence that you don't decide things before you have to.
Again, Quinlan says he will appeal once the candidates are official on October 19th.
Mayoral candidate Bill Quinlan's plan to knock three rivals off the 2027 ballot has been foiled for now.
That is because a judge dismissed his lawsuit accusing Alexi Janoulias, Maria Pappas, and Mike Quigley of violating state election law.
Quinlan argued his opponents are violating state election law by running for mayor while also seeking reelection to their current offices.
It says, and he claims, Judge Riley's decision doesn't rule out another lawsuit because it's based on timing, not the merits of his claim.
The judge noted that technically there aren't official candidates yet because the deadline to file nominating petitions isn't until October 19th.
He went on to warn, quote, these candidates are rolling the dice with voters' choices.
Illinois could wake up after the election with a Republican secretary of state, a Republican in Congress, and potentially a Republican Cook County treasurer.
Basically, these candidates haven't officially filed to be candidates for mayor yet.
So as of this moment, there's no legal conflict.
It only arises once they file papers to run for mayor.
And so the court said, it's too early to decide this.
It might not come up.
This is sort of a longstanding principle in jurisprudence that you don't decide things before you have to.
Again, Quinlan says he will appeal once the candidates are official on October 19th.
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