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Biss wins Illinois election to succeed Schakowsky in House

Evanston, Ill., Mayor Daniel Biss (D) is projected to easily defeat his Republican opponent John Elleson for the House seat left open by retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), according to Decision Desk HQ. Biss — a mathematician and former policy consultant — will serve Illinois’s 9th District, which represents parts of Cook, Lake and McHenry…