GOP challenger Calabrese fires back at ballot objector

The Republican candidate for 103rd District state representative is turning the tables on Democrats who tried to keep him off the ballot.

Frank Calabrese, who will face Democrat Naomi Jakobsson in the November election, filed a complaint with the State Board of Elections last month against Champaign firefighter Patrick Devaney, a legislative representative for the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois and a county Democratic leader.

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