Schilling-Bustos Both Receive Endorsements

With a week before the election, both candidates of the newly drawn 17th congressional district have been endorsed. Democrat Cheri Bustos received the endorsement of her former employer the Quad City Times where she worked for several years as a reporter and editor. Meantime, incumbent Republican Bobby Schilling picked up the endorsements of the Rock Island Argus and Dispatch and the Galesburg Register Mail. Schilling has also received the nod of the Peoria Journal Star, Rockford Register Star, Freeport Journal Standard and Chicago Tribune. In a newly released poll Monday, Schilling leads the race 52 to 48 percent.