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Chad M. Long

Independent · Illinois · 2026

On the November 3 ballot for Circuit Court, 9th Judicial Circuit, Vacancy of Hon. Cavanaugh, Illinois

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Circuit Court, 9th Judicial Circuit, Vacancy of Hon. Cavanaugh
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Biography

Chad M. Long has more than 17 years of combined experience as an attorney and associate judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, per his campaign site. He serves on the Galesburg Community Foundation board and is a past chairman of the Carl Sandburg College Foundation and Discovery Depot Children's Museum boards, per his campaign site.

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