[caption id="attachment_19585" align="alignright" width="300"] Preston Nelson[/caption]

Republican candidate for the 12th congressional district, Preston Nelson, joins Tom Miller in the studio on The Morning Newswatch.

J. Fred Giertz, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and the author of U of I's Flash Index, joins The Morning Newswatch.

Illinois State Representative Dave Severin (R-Benton) joins The Morning Newswatch.