Politics & Government

Des Plaines on YouTube: Political Debate at City Hall

Candidates to represent Illinois 55th House District and Illinois 28th Senate District gathered in Des Plaines to answer questions and appeal to voters on Oct. 24.

Candidates for the Illinois 55th State House District, which includes portions of Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Park Ridge and Rosemont, and candidates for the Illinois 28th State Senate District, which includes portions of Des Plaines, Roselle, Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village and Rosemont, .

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

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

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  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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