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							<title><![CDATA[Another LaHood Could Be Headed to Congress]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Tareen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SHERMAN, Ill. (AP) -- After a decisive Republican primary victory, Illinois state Sen. Darin LaHood, the son of a former area congressman and Obama administration Cabinet member, is likely headed to Washington as the replacement for disgraced former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock.
The younger...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Race to Replace Ex-Rep. Schock a Classic GOP Primary Contest]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Tareen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The race to replace former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has shaped up as a classic Republican primary, pitting the son of a longtime Illinois congressman and Cabinet member against a conservative writer who has railed at what he sees as the "establishment" GOP...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Robin Kelly Elected to Succeed Jesse Jackson Jr.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Tareen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois state Rep. Robin Kelly, whose campaign received a $2 million boost from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, easily captured Tuesday's special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
The win for the Matteson Democrat was widely expected as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Illinois a Battleground for U.S. Congress Races]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/27/illinois_a_battleground_for_us_congress_races_113262.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sophia Tareen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Less than two years after a tea-party backed surge helped give Republicans a majority in Illinois' congressional delegation, their jubilant gains are being jeopardized by a map.
One freshman Republican congressman has had to challenge a veteran GOP colleague in territory he doesn't know....]]></description>
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