Inside the one Illinois congressional race that could affect control of the US House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Kathy Easton, a Rockford business owner who had no interest in getting involved in politics until Trump lost the 2020 election, said she's supporting McGraw because "he aligns with all my family values, everything that I want for my grandkids, for my children:"Close the border, fix the economy, keep boys out of girls sports.
45% : "Drawing on his experience as a judge and previously as a prosecutor, McGraw, like Trump and many downballot Republicans this year, has focused his campaign heavily on crime and immigration.
28% : Still, echoing Trump and other national Republicans, McGraw said he tries to make the case to voters that Democrats have abandoned working-class values in favor of "keeping the border wide open" and "having additional taxes, additional regulation, additional structures on their lives.

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