17th District

'Tis the season for political candidates to firm up plans to run for party primaries next year. Dillan Vancil is running for Congress as a Republican in the 17th district. That U.S. House seat is currently held by Democrat Eric Sorensen.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen declared victory Tuesday in his re-election bid against GOP challenge Joe McGraw. Sorensen won with 53.8% of the vote.

Several months after first being mentioned as a possible candidate for governor of Illinois, Cheri Bustos has decided against it. Monday the...