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US Rep. Johnson Faces GOP Primary Challenge

Story air date: Friday, December 30, 2011

Michael Firsching (l), Frank Metzger (c), and U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson (r) will square off in the GOP primary on March 20, 2012.

When Republican Congressman Tim Johnson of Urbana tries to get re-elected next year, he will have to do something he hasn’t done in more than a decade – square off in a Republican primary. As Illinois Public Media’s Sean Powers reports, two Republicans candidates from the St. Louis Metro East area are eying the newly re-drawn 13th Congressional district seat.

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