By Jenna Dooley, Northern Public Radio 14th Congressional District candidate Jim Oberweis has filed a Notice of Contest with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Republican challenged incumbent Democrat Lauren Underwood on the November ballot. After the results came in declaring Underwood had won, Oberweis requested a discovery recount. In a news release issued Monday, Oberweis says he does not believe there was rampant fraud, but he believes there were instances when election laws were not followed which affected the outcome of the election. Those accusations include missing initials from judges on some vote-by-mail ballots and voter application requests made outside of election deadlines.