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Aug
21
2025

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In IL-09: Sam Polan is running as a Democrat for Congress in the 9th District.

By Shia Kapos, Illinois Politico Playbook

08/21/2025

In IL-09: Sam Polan, a former policy adviser with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is running as a Democrat for Congress in the 9th District. He served in the Army Air Defense and was later selected for special operations and deployed three times to the Middle East.

“We are at an inflection point where our Democratic leaders have also failed us — failed to stop the Trump attacks, failed to put up candidates with fresh ideas that excite voters and failed to provide a clear vision,” Polan said in his launch announcement. “We can’t keep doing the same thing and expecting different results. We need a new generation of leadership."