Five Greens have filed petitions to be on the party’s primary ballot for U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois 5th district. The primary is on March 3. Each Green needed 30 valid signatures to qualify for the Green primary ballot. The five candidates are Alan Auguston, Mark Fredrickson, Deb Gordils, Matt Reichel, and Simm Ribeiro. The 5th district seat is vacant because Rahm Emanuel resigned his Congressional seat to become Chief of Staff to President-Elect Barack Obama.