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Illinois House 62nd District Democratic nominee: Sam Yingling

By  CST Editorial Board
   
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Complete coverage of the local and national primary and general election, including results, analysis and voter resources to keep Chicago voters informed.

Democrat incumbent Sam Yingling is the Sun-Times’ endorsed candidate in the Illinois House 62nd district. He faces Republican Ken Idstein in the general election.

The Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board sent the nominees for the Illinois House of Representatives a list of questions to find out their views on a range of important issues facing the state of Illinois and their districts.

Yingling did not return a completed questionnaire.

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