Politics & Government

League of Women Voters To Host Candidate Debates

Debates for State Representative, State Senate and Congress will be held Feb. 26.

With the , the League of Women Voters is planning a for  state representative, state senate and congressional candidates.

The debates will begin at 1 p.m. at the . 58th District State Representative Republican candidates and will go first, debating for an hour. 

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

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Last, 10th Congressional District Democratic primary candidates , , , and will debate at 3 p.m. Whoever wins the Democratic primary will go on to run against in the general election.

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

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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 we did then.

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