Jonathan Jackson keeps 1st congressional seat in Democratic hands following US Rep. Bobby Rush's retirement
Briefly

The Associated Press has declared Democrat Jonathan Jackson the winner in the 1st Congressional District race, filling the seat of longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, who chose not to run again.The son of famed civil right activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jackson on the campaign trail argued he wouldn't "be a regular freshman congressperson," due to the relationships he's developed with sitting House members while working around the nation on voter drives for his father's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
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