Depending on where you are in Illinois, there are plenty of competitive races on the ballot this year. There are also a lot of races where the outcome is all but certain.
And then there are third party candidates — who this year in particular have gotten a fair amount of attention — at least in the presidential race. There are some third-party candidates running for office in Illinois and there are candidates running — even if only as write-ins — to give voters in some areas any choice at all.
Some third-party candidates running for local and federal-level positions join the 21st today to share why they chose to run as third-party or write-in candidates and what that entails.
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Chibu Asonye
Green Party Candidate, Illinois 13th Congressional District
Russ Clark
Libertarian Party Candidate, Sangamon County Board, 25th District
Scott Summers
Write-in Candidate, Illinois 16th Congressional District
Interview with NPR Illinois’ “The 21st” show originally posted at https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/long-shot-running-for-public-office-as-a-third-party-or-write-in-candidate