Democrat Eric Sorensen, opponents within the race for the open seventeenth Congressional District seat that represents a lot of northwestern Illinois, together with Rockford, the Quad Cities and Peoria.
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Democrat Eric Sorensen, opponents within the race for the open seventeenth Congressional District seat that represents a lot of northwestern Illinois, together with Rockford, the Quad Cities and Peoria.
John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photographs
Comply with dwell updates and outcomes from Election Day 2022 right here.
Former TV weatherman Eric Sorensen has gained the Illinois Home seat being vacated by fellow Democrat Cheri Bustos, defeating Republican challenger Esther Pleasure King.
His election within the state’s seventeenth District brings to Congress the primary brazenly homosexual member from Illinois and is a win for Democrats trying to preserve seats, particularly in rural areas.
The seat opened when Bustos introduced her retirement earlier this 12 months, probably leaving Sen. Dick Durbin as Illinois’ solely congressional Democrat outdoors of Chicago.
