 Fritchey challenged the nominating petitions of his only challenger, Roger Romanelli, and Fritchey ran unopposed on February 5, 2008.Fritchey declined to run for re-election to the Illinois House in 2010, instead running for a seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, formerly held by Forrest Claypool.Fritchey was endorsed by both Claypool and Congressman Mike Quigley.