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1st District Illinois

Posted inElections, Interviews

Meet the Challengers: Robert Emmons Jr.

by Jade-Ruyu Yan February 18, 2020March 4, 2020

unning to represent Illinois’s 1st District in Congress, Robert Emmons Jr. has placed stopping gun violence at the center of his campaign. This commitment is personal for Emmons: it stems from the death of his college roommate and best friend, who fell victim to gun violence in Chicago after they had both left the University […]

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