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GOP Hopes Hastert Will Return District to the Family

By Shira Toeplitz
Roll Call Staff
June 11, 2009, Midnight

It appears the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree — or in this case, the district.
Attorney Ethan Hastert (R), the son of former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), has filed to run against Rep. Bill Foster (D) for his father’s former House seat.

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