Race to Replace Hastert Begins in Earnest

By Lauren W. Whittington
Roll Call Staff
August 17, 2007, 12:40 p.m.

Former Speaker Dennis Hastert’s (R-Ill.) long-anticipated announcement Friday that he will not seek another term in 2008 formally launched a race to succeed him that has been brewing for months, if not years, in his suburban Chicago district.



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