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State Week: Trump's influence in Illinois GOP politics

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Polls show former President Donald Trump is still popular with Illinois Republicans. That could help boost the campaign of Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Oakland) as he plans to appear at a rally for her in western Illinois June 25.

There are questions if he'll weigh in on the Illinois Republican primary for governor.

We discuss politics and more on this episode of State Week.

Our panel features host Sean Crawford, Statehouse Editor Hannah Meisel, Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Chicago Tribune reporter Jeremy Gorner.

Hannah covers state government and politics for Capitol News Illinois. She's been dedicated to the statehouse beat since interning at NPR Illinois in 2014, with subsequent stops at WILL-AM/FM, Law360, Capitol Fax and The Daily Line before returning to NPR Illinois in 2020 and moving to CNI in 2023.
The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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