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Friday, April 26
Congressional candidate Tammy Duckworth is profiled in today's Monitor for two reasons: 1. She's one of several Iraq veterans entering the political arena this year. And, 2. Duckworth is a Democrat running in the Chicago suburbs, an area experts say is no longer the Republican stronghold it once was.