Primary Battles Heat Up in Competitive Illinois Congressional District

Primary Battles Heat Up in Competitive Illinois Congressional District
Jackie McGowan talks to a registered Democat in an African American majority neighborhood on the west side of Peoria, IL on June 11, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
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One possible path to the House majority for both parties lies through a C-shaped congressional district in northwestern Illinois and its swathes of crop fields, waning manufacturing bases, and scattered urban centers.

A blue district back to the 1980s, the 17th congressional district broke and voted for former President Donald Trump twice, largely due to a high rural turnout, defecting union Democrats, and a sometimes dimmed urban turnout.