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On the Record: GOP challenger to Sorensen lays out platform

Summary by WMBD
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Carroll County Board Chairwoman announced she is running against U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen as a Republican in the 2026 midterms. Julie Bickelhaupt is running for the Illinois 17th district, which thinly wraps around large downstate cities like Rockford, the Quad Cities, Peoria and Bloomington Normal. Sorensen won the district in 2024 with a 4% margin. Bickelhaupt believes she can flip it red. "For the last three years, E…

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WMBD broke the news in Peoria, United States on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
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