SJR -Bernard Schoenburg: Retired UAW national organizing director taking on LaHood in 18th
MARK HAASIS, 66, a Springfield native now of Peoria and a retired national organizing director for the United Auto Workers, is circulating petitions to run as a Democrat for the U.S. House in the 18th Congressional District.
The incumbent in the district, U.S. Rep. DARIN LaHOOD, R-Peoria, first won the seat in a 2015 special election, and will be seeking his third full two-year term in the 2020 election.