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State Week: A look at key primary races

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Brian Mackey
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NPR Illinois

Tuesday is primary election day in Illinois. Voters will decide the nominees for an open U.S. Senate seat and which Republican will take on J.B. Pritzker in the governor's race this fall. Also, there's a competitive four-way Democratic primary for comptroller.

Our panel looks at the contests, some of the negative attacks and money being spent.

Host Sean Crawford is joined by Professor Emeritus Charlie Wheeler and Patrick Pfingsten, WMAY radio host and author of The Illinoize political newsletter.

The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Patrick Pfingsten authors The Illinoize political newsletter. He's also an on-air host at WMAY Radio in Springfield.