Gubernatorial Debate Partners
Institute of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
WSIU Prepares Voters For November General Election
Gubernatorial Debate
Democratic candidate for governor, incumbent Patrick Quinn, republican candidate for governor, Illinois Senator Bill Brady, and Green Party candidate for governor Rich Whitney squared off in a debate which was broadcast statewide on public radio and television stations.
October 29 - 8pm
U.S. Senate Forum
Phil Ponce from WTTW's Chicago Tonight hosts a forum featuring candidates for the Illinois U.S. Senate race, Mark Kirk (R) and Alexi Giannoulias (D).
This program will repeat on WSIU World (8.2) on 10/29 at 11pm, 10/30 at 6pm, and 10/31 at 5pm
WSIU InFocus
WSIU and its regional partners also will present interviews with candidates for the Illinois General Assembly and U.S. House of Representatives on Friday nights in October as part of the weekly WSIU-TV series WSIU InFocus. The half-hour, unscripted interviews will feature questions from Jak Tichenor of WSIU-TV, Jennifer Fuller of WSIU Radio, and Rob Crow of the Southern Illinoisan newspaper. WSIU Radio will broadcast excerpts from the candidate interviews during local news breaks in late October.
October 1 - 9pm
58th Illinois Senate District
Sen. David Luechtefeld (R-Okawville) and Jeremy Walker (D-Redbud)
October 8 - 9pm
107th Illinois House District
Rep. John Caveletto (R-Salem) and Joshua Qualls (D-Centralia)
Listen to excerpts from WSIU Radio: October 29
October 15 - 9pm
115th Illinois House District
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-Murphysboro) and
Charlie Howe (G-Carbondale)
Listen to excerpts from WSIU Radio: October 27
October 22 - 9pm
116th Illinois House District
Rep. Dan Reitz (D-Steeleville) and Glenn Farley (R-Waterloo)
October 29 - 9pm
12th District, U.S. Congress
U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Belleville) and Rodger Jennings (G-Alton). The republican candidate, Terry Newman was invited but did not appear.
October 29 - 9:30pm
19th District, U.S. Congress
U.S. Rep. John Shimkus (R-Collinsville) and Tim Bagwell (D-Olney)
Listen to excerpts from WSIU Radio: October 21
November 5 - 9pm
Election Re-cap
Jak Tichenor, Jennifer Fuller and representatives from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute will discuss the outcomes from the elections in the area and the impact it has on our government.
*Excerpts on WSIU Radio will air at 8:30am & 5:29pm
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