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Who Will Challenge Cheri Bustos ?

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published March 9, 2016 at 9:00 AM CST
Jack Boccarossa and Patrick Harlan
(l) Jack Boccarossa, Patrick Harlan (r).

        One of the key races for Illinois republicans in the March 15th primary will be for Congress in the 17th District.
        Herb Trix reports.
The Illinois primary will be held next Tuesday. 
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National Politics Bobby SchillingPatrick HarlanJack BoccarossaIllinois 17th Congressional District
Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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