“People try to compare me to Kari Lake”
Democratic Rep. Eric Sorensen’s political launching pad sat in local television news in northwest Illinois, where he furnished weather forecasts and tracked storms. In November, he secured a seat in Congress by a 4-point margin in a district that feels more Iowa than Chicago.
The freshman Sorensen is already on the target list for Republicans in 2024. But he doesn’t give off the air of someone bracing for gray clouds. In this #TooCloseToCall pod, Sorensen trades local TV news tales with Dave, describes how he held this Peoria-based seat, who his ideal dinner date would be and which Republican he’d most like to run against in 2024.
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