Illinois' 2nd Congressional District
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Recent News About Illinois' 2nd Congressional District
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Independence Party’s Calvin Coleman to run in GOP primary for Illinois 2nd District
Calvin Coleman, a 46-year-old mechanic, small business owner and political reform advocate, announced this week that he will run in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District on March 17, 2026, while continuing to identify with the newly formed Independence Party aligned with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2nd Congressional candidate Coleman: 'So many people feel disenfranchised by everything in our government'
Calvin Coleman, a 46-year-old small business owner, is running for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District as a candidate of the Independence Party, an Illinois political party formed from the remnants of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign and connected to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.