https://www.tspr.org/illinois-18th-district-congressman-republican-primary-march-2018 Two candidates are seeking the Republican Party nomination in the 18th Congressional District: Donald Rients and incumbent Darin LaHood. Three candidates are running in the Democratic Party primary.The sprawling district includes all or parts of 19 counties in central and western Illinois: Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Morgan, Peoria, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Stark, Tazewell, and Woodford.Early voting for the March 20 primary is already underway. en-US Copyright Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:58:30 GMT https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2018-02-22/meet-donald-rients-republican-congressional-candidate-march-2018-illinois-primary Donald Rients is a technical worker for State Farm Insurance. He lives in Benson, which is in Woodford County. Rients first ran for Congress in 2015 when… Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:58:30 GMT https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2018-02-22/meet-donald-rients-republican-congressional-candidate-march-2018-illinois-primary Rich Egger https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2018-02-22/meet-darin-lahood-republican-congressman-candidate-march-2018-illinois-primary Darin LaHood (R-IL) is the current congressman serving the 18th District in western and central Illinois. He won a special primary and special election in… Thu, 22 Feb 2018 15:57:55 GMT https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2018-02-22/meet-darin-lahood-republican-congressman-candidate-march-2018-illinois-primary Rich Egger