In a long profile of Bustos on May 12 , 2017 , '' Politico '' noted that in 2016 she was the only Democrat to win a House seat by a more than 20-point margin in a district that Trump also won . " If Democrats are going to wrest control of the House from Republicans , argue many party strategists , it 's going to happen in large part by doing more of whatever it is Bustos is doing three hours west of Chicago in her nearly 7,000-square-mile district of small towns and soybean fields , " stated '' Politico '' . Calling her " one of the party 's rising stars , " Politico quoted her as saying , " I 'm a little bit of a different kind of Democrat . " For the 2018 election , Bustos was challenged by Bill Fawell , a real estate broker who has attracted media attention for his conspiracy claims that the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks were an inside job perpetrated by the United States Government . Bustos was re-elected with 61.9 % of the final vote tally over Fawell 's 38.1 %
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
September 11 attacks
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