Unique Lt. Gov. Forum Jan. 30

PEORIA --  So many candidates running for Illinois Lt. Governor. How to choose?

The League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Studies at Bradley University encourage you to meet the candidates wanting your vote for Lt. Governor.

This unique candidate forum takes place at 2 p.m. on Sat. Jan. 30 at Neumiller Lecture Hall, Room 145, at Bradley Hall, 830 N. Glenwood.

The 13 candidates for Lt. Gov. have been invited and most have accepted.  They include candidates from Democratic, Republican and Green parties.

TV journalist H. Wayne Wilson will moderate this forum.  It's free and open to the public.

The Chicago Tribune recently wrote about these races:

Democrats: “It’s a battle between two newcomers and four candidates with long histories in public office: Sens. Rickey Hendon of Chicago and Terry Link of Waukegan, and Reps. Art Turner of Chicago and Mike Boland of East Moline. Chicago businessman Scott Lee Cohen and electrical worker Thomas Castillo said they are counting on voter outrage over budget gridlock and other failings to boost their campaigns.”

Republicans: “Second term state Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine and education administrator Dennis Cook of Orland Park face a bevy of downstate candidates, including Carbondale Mayor Brad Cole, former Madison County Republican Chairman Jason Plummer of Edwardsville, Springfield attorney Don Tracy and Randy White, a pastor from Hamilton. Murphy has (informally) partnered with former Illinois Republican Chairman Andy McKenna in his bid for governor, after briefly flirting with the top job himself.”

Green: Don W. Crawford is the candidate for this party, with no opposition.