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National Politics

Harlan Challenges Bustos for Congress

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published October 18, 2016 at 1:41 PM CDT
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Cheri Bustos (d) and Patrick Harlan (r)

Voters often complain about not having any choices between candidates. But there is at least one race with very different candidates to choose from - that's in Illinois' 17th congressional district between Cheri Bustos from East Moline and Patrick Harlan of Galesburg.

Herb Trix reports. 

National PoliticsBobby SchillingPhil HarePatrick HarlanIllinois 17th Congressional District
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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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