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Illinois House 44th District Republican nominee: Katy Dolan Baumer

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

Republican Katy Dolan Baumer faces Democrat Fred Crespo is the Illinois House 44th district race.

The Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board sent 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.

Baumer did not submit a completed questionnaire.

SUN-TIMES 2018 ILLINOIS VOTING GUIDE

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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.

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