With the primary elections quickly approaching, the League of Women Voters is planning a debate on Feb. 26 for  state representative, state senate and congressional candidates.

The debates will begin at 1 p.m. at the Highland Park Country Club. 58th District State Representative Republican candidates Mark Neerhof and Lauren Turelli will go first, debating for an hour. 

At 2 p.m., 58th District State Representative Democratic candidates Julie Morrison and Milton Sumption will debate. 

Last, 10th Congressional District Democratic primary candidates Vivek Bavda, Aloys Rutagwibira, Brad Schneider, Ilya Sheyman and John Tree will debate at 3 p.m. Whoever wins the Democratic primary will go on to run against Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) in the general election.

Those in attendance will be able to submit written questions at the forum for the candidates to answer. 

The debates are sponsored by the Union League Club of Chicago, and will be taped by Lake Forest TV and rebroadcast on local networks. 

Patch covered the League's debates in April 2011 during Highland Park's municipal election. We're looking forward to providing the same live-blogging and in-depth write-ups we did then.

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