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Daywatch: Illinois GOP starts looking to 2026 election
Good morning, Chicago. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida was taunting an old Capitol Hill nemesis on the crowded floor of the Republican National Convention when an Illinois Republican Party official with a low profile outside of state GOP circles stepped in …