Candidates for the Illinois 55^th State House District, which includes portions of Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Park Ridge and Rosemont, and candidates for the Illinois 28^th State Senate District, which includes portions of Des Plaines, Roselle, Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village and Rosemont, debated a range of issues including the state’s unfunded pension liability, taxes, the state budget, education, social program funding and more at Des Plaines City Hall, 1420 Miner St., on Oct. 24.

Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan and Susan Sweeney, of Park Ridge, are running to represent the 55^th House District, and Sen. Dan Kotowski and Jim O’Donnell, both of Park Ridge, are campaigning to represent the 28^th Senate District.

Sweeney’s campaign posted video of the debate in four parts on YouTube, listed below and attached to this post.

1. Part 1: Political debate for the Illinois 55th State House District and the Illinois 28th State Senate District.
2. Part 2: Political debate for the Illinois 55th State House District and the Illinois 28th State Senate District.
3. Part 3: Political debate for the Illinois 55th State House District and the Illinois 28th State Senate District.
4. Part 4: Political debate for the Illinois 55th State House District and the Illinois 28th State Senate District.

The debate will be aired on local cable channel 17, Comcast and WOW, and streamed online on the City of Des Plaines website at the following times. 

• Saturday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m.
• Sunday, Oct. 28 at 9 p.m.
• Monday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.
• Friday, Nov. 2 at 9 a.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 4 at 9 p.m.

Check out all the Des Plaines videos on YouTube. The last one was about a marketing video the City of Des Plaines made about Rivers Casino.

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