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Monday, October 1, 2012

Roskam Declines Invitation to Candidate Forum Hosted by Patch, League of Women Voters

Rep. Peter Roskam is unable to attend Patch, League of Women Voters candidate forum due to a prior commitment.

Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) on Friday notified the League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Palatine Area he will not be able to attend an Oct. 11 candidate forum in Palatine because of a previous commitment. Last month, Patch partnered with the LWV to invite candidates in the Illinois 6th Congressional District race to a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at Palatine Village Hall. The invitation was the group's second attempt to host such a debate, after Rep. Roskam was unable to attend the Oct. 4 event. Candidate Leslie Coolidge (D-Barrington) previously accepted the Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 invitations. Patch covers more than a dozen towns in the 6th District, including Algonquin-Lake in the Hills, Barrington, Crystal Lake-Cary, Darien…

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Sharon Alexander

4:36 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012

Pro Rape Baby and voting for the Let Women Die act....yea, I know binders full of women who support this.   more ›

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Patch, League of Women Voters Invite Roskam, Coolidge to Candidate Forum

Patch has partnered with the Palatine-area League of Women Voters to host a candidate forum for the 6th Congressional District race on Thursday, Oct. 11 in Palatine.

Patch has partnered with the League of Women Voters of the Palatine Area to invite candidates in the Illinois 6th Congressional District race to a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11 at Palatine Village Hall. The invitation is the group's second attempt to host such a debate, after Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton) was unable to attend the Oct. 4 event. Candidate Leslie Coolidge (D-Barrington) previously accepted the Oct. 4 invitation and has accepted the Oct. 11 invitation. The Roskam for Congress campaign staff indicated the original date was during the time the House Majority Leader asked representatives to serve in Washington DC. Campaign staff said Roskam could not commit to events in his district that week unless the House …

Tom Koz

8:33 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Remember Biden: "three letter word - J.O.B.S." !!!   more ›

Friday, September 24, 2010

Candidate Forum Oct. 2

Candidates from several races including the 8th Congressional district and 54th State Representative district have been invited.

The League of Women Voters Palatine Area will host a candidate forum Oct. 2 at 350 W. Schaumburg Rd., in Schaumburg. The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon and is being co-sponsored with Friendship Village of Schaumburg. The event is free and open to the public. Candidates from several races in the Nov. 2 election will be in attendance including 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Joe Walsh and Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer. Incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean, who has served the district since 2005, will not be in attendance. Bean spokesperson Jonathan Lipman said Bean already has agreed to debate her opponents before the editorial board of the Northwest Herald newspaper in Crystal Lake on Oct. 4 and at a candidate forum in …

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