League of Women Voters to host candidate forum for 9th Congressional District

Posted September 18, 2012 11:00 pm

Jane Ballengee

The League of Women Voters will be holding a public candidate forum for the 9th Congressional District on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The forum will take place at Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL. Featured candidates will be Jan Schakowsky (D) and Timothy Wolfe (R).

The public will be able to submit written questions for the candidates at the forum.

The forum will be held in Room 1600 at Oakton Community College, 1600 East Golf Rd., Des Plaines, IL. Questions regarding the forum can be referred to 847-507-7479 or 847-729-7493. Questions regarding general election issues, voting districts and candidates can be answered at www.cookcountyclerk.com or by calling the County Clerk's office at 312-603-5656. The forum will be taped for rebroadcast by various local cable networks.

The forum is being cosponsored by Oakton Community College, the Leagues of Women Voters of Arlington Heights-Mt. Prospect-Buffalo Grove, Evanston, Glenview, Park Ridge, Wilmette and Winnetka-Northfield-Kenilworth and The Union League Club of Chicago.

The League of Women Voters, a national nonpartisan political organization dedicated to promoting the active and informed participation of citizens in government, sponsors this event as a service to the community. The League of Women Voters neither endorses nor opposes candidates for public office.

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