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Another Republican to seek Yingling's state House seat

Editor's note: In 2014, Denise Rotheimer briefly ran for the 62nd District seat as an independent. She was removed from the ballot before the election.

A third Republican candidate has announced plans to run for the 62nd District state House seat now held by Grayslake Democrat Sam Yingling.

Grayslake resident Ken Idstein said he wants to lower taxes, reform government and protect communities in the district "from the Chicago political class."

"I'm running for my neighbors," he said in a news release. "I'm doing this because Springfield has failed us and it's time someone stood up to the career, rich politicians bankrupting our state."

Idstein unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Grayslake village board in the 1989. He serves on the village's plan commission and works as a senior loan officer.

Idstein joins Denise Rotheimer of Ingleside and Bob Bednar of Grayslake as GOP candidates for the seat.

Rotheimer has campaigned for laws to strengthen victims' rights. She's also run unsuccessfully for elected office a few times, including as a Democrat. She briefly ran for the 62nd District seat in 2014 as an independent, but was removed from the ballot before the election.

Bednar is a former Lake Bluff Park District trustee who has unsuccessfully run for Lake County recorder of deeds and for the 51st District state House seat when he lived in Mundelein.

The 62nd District includes all or parts of Grayslake, Hainesville, the Round Lake towns, Lake Villa, Gurnee, Wauconda, Wildwood and Gages Lake. The primary in is March.

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