BY RUSSELL LISSAU, Daily Herald
One of the candidates challenging state Rep. Melissa Bean has
withdrawn from the Democratic primary race, he confirmed today.
Jonathan Farnick, a 39-year-old computer consultant from
Woodstock, said he quit because he believed another Democrat's objections to his
candidate petition would've knocked him off the ballot.
"I didn't want to go through the whole thing of fighting it," he
said.
Farnick's departure from the political landscape leaves Bean, a
two-term incumbent from Barrington, and anti-war activist Randi Scheurer as the
only 8th District Democrats in the Feb. 5 primary.
Scheurer challenged the veracity of Farnick's petition.
The campaign would've been Farnick's second for the 8th District
seat. He unsuccessfully ran as a write-in candidate in the 2006 general
election, in which Bean defeated Republican David McSweeney and Moderate Party
candidate Bill Scheurer.
Bill and Randi Scheurer are married.
Three Republicans -- Kenneth Arnold, Steve Greenberg and Kirk
Morris -- are vying to challenge Bean and will face off in a GOP primary in
February.
Moderate Party candidate Iain Abernathy is also seeking the
seat.
The 8th District includes northwest Cook, western Lake and eastern
McHenry counties.
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