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Even though he has no opponent in this month’s primary, U.S. Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) will appear at a campaign fundraising reception in his honor Monday at the Eagle Brook Country Club, 2288 Fargo Blvd., Geneva.

The Yorkville Republican, who is seeking a seventh term in the 14th Congressional District in November, has risen through the ranks of GOP Congressional leadership to the post of chief deputy whip.

Hastert will have an opponent on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, however. Robert A. Cozzi Jr. of St. Charles is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the March 17 primary.

The 14th District stretches from the western fringe of DuPage County, through all of Kane, Kendall, DeKalb and Lee Counties and into a portion of LaSalle County.

Tickets for the 5:30 p.m. reception are $50. For information, call 630-879-1988.