Rachel Ventura

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Will County Board member Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, will announce this weekend that she is running to challenge U.S. Rep. Bill Foster in the 2020 election.

The self-described progressive Democrat said she started considering a primary challenge against Foster after meeting with him several months ago to persuade him to support a Medicare for All health care system, according to a news release. The effort was a part of Our Revolution, a progressive political group that grew out of the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign.