Ethan Hastert, the 31-year old son of former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has announced that he is running for his father’s old seat in Congress — which the Democrats picked up in a stunning special election victory in March 2008, despite it having been a Republican bastion for decades before that.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=141892