Gretchen Fritz https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Thu, 17 Feb 2022 23:19:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Gretchen Fritz https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Let’s Help This Young Candidate in The 1st Congressional District https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/02/lets-help-this-young-candidate-in-the-1st-congressional-district/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:11:45 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=18990 Written by John Lopez

The January 3, 2022 announcement by 15-term U.S. Representative Bobby Rush (D-Chicago) he would not seek another term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 created an open seat in the 1st Congressional District (IL-01) for the first time since the resignation of Congressman Harold Washington after his election as Chicago mayor in 1983.

This Congressional District stretches from the Chicago Loop, into the Southside including Hyde Park and the University of Chicago, into the South Suburbs of Cook County and stretches into most of Will County and into Kankakee County, as far south as the village of Bourbonnais.… Continue Reading

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