Candidate forums

• Tooling and Manufacturing Association to host forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates: Five of the Republican candidates for Governor will gather from 8-10:30 a.m. today at the Tooling and Manufacturing Association (TMA), 1177 S. Dee Road in Park Ridge for a candidates forum. Adam Amdrzejewski, Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Dan Proft and Bob Schillerstrom will each begin with an opening statement, and then the floor will be open for questions.

• Democratic candidates for the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission in District 4, Eric Bergman and Don Kirchenberg, debate during a candidate forum at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Glenside Public Library, 25 E. Fullerton, Glendale Heights. Other Democratic candidates attending the forum include Tom Wendorf, DuPage County Board District 4; Carol Chaney, DuPage County Board chairman; Dennis Clark, DuPage County Forest Preserve District president; Jim Haggerty, state representative District 45; Michelle Mussman, state representative District 56; Corinne Pierog, Illinois Senate District 23; and Ben Lowe, U. S. House District 6. The forum is sponsored by the democratic organizations of Bloomingdale, Milton and York townships and the Democratic Party of DuPage County. For details, contact (630) 550-8550 or pnull@dupagedemocrats.com