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Ailee Johns of Vermillion Running for District 17 Senate

Ailee Johns of Vermillion Running for District 17 Senate

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Ailee Johns of Vermillion is the democratic candidate for the state Senate seat in District 17.
She says watching legislative action over the past couple of years got her interested in running..

She says she wants to see progressive changes…

Johns says through her job as a bartender, she hears a lot of what people are worried about…

Johns faces republican incumbent Senator Art Rusch of Vermillion and libertarian Greg Baldwin of Wakonda.

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