Bill Scheurer

Bill Scheurer was an independent candidate in the 2006 U.S. congressional elections for the 8th Congressional District (map) of Illinois. He was challenging incumbent Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.).

Positions, record and controversies
Bill Scheurer was an independent candidate in the 2006 congressional elections for the 8th Congressional District (map) of Illinois, running against the incumbent Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) and Republican challenger David McSweeney. Bean won the election with 50% of the vote. By getting over 5% of the vote in the general election, Scheurer's independent Moderate Party qualified as an "established party" under Illinois election law for the 2008 election.

In 2008, Bill Scheurer could not run because he was living and working in Oregon as executive director of a nationa peace organization. His wife Randi Scheurer ran against Bean in the 2008 Democratic primary, and lost to the incumbent with 25% of the vote. Bill Scheurer will be on the ballot in 2010 as the Green Party candidate.

2006 elections
Scheurer was the Moderate Party nominee in the 2006 congressional elections against incumbent Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), who was reelected.

2010 elections
Scheurer is challenging Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) as an independent in the 2008 congressional elections.

2010 Elections
Scheurer is a candidate for the IL-8TH Congressional District in 2010.

Committees
Scheurer will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:Illinois and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Illinois's 8th Congressional District
 * Bill Scheurer campaign website
 * The Green Papers: Illinois