A would-be congressional candidate from the North suburbs who has an extensive history of antisemitic social media posts was removed from ballot consideration Tuesday.Zion resident John Minarcik won’t appear on spring 2026 Democratic primary ballots for Illinois’ 10th District seat because he didn’t gather enough petition signatures to qualify, the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled.Only three people signed Minarcik’s petition, an elections board spokesperson said. Nearly 1,000 signatures were required to qualify in that primary race.A fellow Democratic candidate, Mundelein’s Morgan Coghill, had formally objected to Minarcik’s petition.
Minarcik is a well regarded pathologist - and a completely obsessed Jew-hater.
His Facebook feed is filled with anti-Israel and antisemitic posts, along with videos of cute babies and dogs.
Minarcik is the horseshoe theory personified. He loves Zohran Mamdani - but also Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. The only consistent pattern is his hate for Jews.
Here are posts of his from only the past few weeks.
I don't think Minarcik even campaigned for the signatures. One would think a Facebook page of a candidate would be filled with campaigning, but there's nothing but hate (and puppies with babies.) My guess is he only filed his petition to get publicity for his antisemitic positions.
But it is interesting that he ran as a Democrat.
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