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Republican incumbent Michael Connelly is the Sun-Times’ endorsed candidate in the Illinois Senate 21st district race. He faces Democrat Laura Ellman in the general election.
The Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board sent the nominees for Illinois Senate a list of questions to find out their views on a range of important issues facing the state of Illinois and their districts.
Connelly did not return a completed questionnaire.
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SUN-TIMES 2018 ILLINOIS VOTING GUIDE
Ahead of the historic 2018 elections, the Sun-Times is teaming up weekly with the Better Government Association, in print and online, to fact-check the truthfulness of the candidates. You can find all of the PolitiFact Illinois stories we’ve reported together here.