Our Representatives: Congresswoman Robin Kelly

By Daniel Tucker
In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District seat, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr. She went on to defeat Republican challenger Paul McKinley in the April 9, 2013 special election. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District seat, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr. She went on to defeat Republican challenger Paul McKinley in the April 9, 2013 special election. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District seat, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr. She went on to defeat Republican challenger Paul McKinley in the April 9, 2013 special election. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win in Matteson, Ill., for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District seat, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr. She went on to defeat Republican challenger Paul McKinley in the April 9, 2013 special election. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Our Representatives: Congresswoman Robin Kelly

By Daniel Tucker
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In our series called Our Representatives, Morning Shift is reaching out to all 26 congressmen and congresswomen who represent in Washington D.C. the people in WBEZ’s listening area.

Today, we talk with Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Robin Kelly of Illinois’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes parts of Chicago’s South Side and south suburbs as well as Kankakee.