Elections
Wheaton City Council member Erica Bray-Parker and Carol Stream's Robert Vrankovich are competing for the open 47th Illinois House District seat vacated by retiring Rep. Amy Grant, with Democrats heavily outspending Republicans in a district that has trended blue.
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