LaHood to announce re-election campaign during Princeton visit

State Senator Darin LaHood will be in Princeton this afternoon to announce his candidacy for re-election to his 37th District seat.  LaHood is scheduled to be at the Prouty Building on South Main Street, where WZOE-AM will be broadcasting on-location at about 2 this afternoon.  The Dunlap Republican was appointed to the Illinois Senate on February 27th of this year and took office on March 1st, the day after former Senator Dale Risinger retired.  At the time of...

his appointment, LaHood said he'd planned to run for election to a full term in 2012.