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Video: Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Forum

The Democratic candidates for governor met on stage at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics for a forum Thursday. The forum was moderated by WBEZ Chicago’s Melba Lara with a panel of three reporters: WBEZ Chicago’s Dave McKinney and Tony Arnold, and POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki.


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Illinois Democratic Governor Race Forum

The Democratic candidates for governor met on stage at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics for a forum Thursday. The forum was moderated by WBEZ Chicago’s Melba Lara with a panel of three reporters: WBEZ Chicago’s Dave McKinney and Tony Arnold, and POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki.

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On behalf of partners, POLITICO, the University of Chicago’s non-partisan Institute of Politics, and WBEZ Chicago, WBEZ presented a live public forum Thursday evening featuring the 2018 Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates discussing their respective visions for the future of our state.

Candidates J.B. Pritzker, Chris Kennedy, State Sen. Daniel Biss, Bob Daiber, Tio Hardiman and Dr. Robert Marshall participated.

Recorded video of this event is available on Facebook.

The forum was moderated by WBEZ Chicago’s Melba Lara with a panel of three reporters: WBEZ’s Dave McKinney and Tony Arnold, and POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki.

To hear analysis of the forum, tune into WBEZ’s Morning Shift on Friday at 9 a.m. and don’t miss the weekly translation of election news from our Politics Team tomorrow afternoon.

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