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State Week: Congressman Rodney Davis takes a pass on gov's race

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

Taylorville Republican Rodney Davis has decided to run for a sixth term in congress rather than seek his party's nomination for governor next year.

That leaves the GOP with at least four others who have announced their bids. But can they win statewide against an ultra-wealthy incumbent Democrat? And will Davis' decision result in someone else entering the field?

We discuss it on State Week. Our panel includes host Sean Crawford, Statehouse Editor Hannah Meisel, emeritus professor Charlie Wheeler and our guest, WBEZ government and politics reporter Dave McKinney.

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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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