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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Andy Grimm

Suburban Democrats spend big to hold two U.S. House seats in newly redrawn districts: ‘We are running to win’

Congressional candidates (left to right) Democratic incumbents Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten and Republican challengers Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau and Kendall County Board President Scott R. Gryder. (Ashlee Rezin; Brian Ernst; Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times-file; Facebook)

Four years ago, first-time candidates Lauren Underwood and Sean Casten flipped U.S. House seats in once blood-red Republican congressional districts west and south of Chicago. 

Both comfortably won reelection two years later, but this fall they are running in newly redrawn districts against Republican challengers with name recognition among their suburban voters.

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