League of Women Voters of Adams County hosting 2 upcoming candidate forums

QUINCY (WGEM) - The League of Women Voters of Adams County will be holding a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

It will be held at the First Christian Church at 1415 Maine Street in Quincy.

The two Republican candidates for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, incumbent Chris Pratt and Tim Bass as well as Republican U.S. Congressional District 15 Candidates, Judy Bowlby and Ryan Terbrugge will be there to answer questions.

Incumbent U.S. Representative, Mary Miller was invited to participate but declined.

The forum will be streamed on all WGEM’s digital platforms.

“It’s important to know what you’re voting for because your vote is very important and you hear bits and pieces on the internet here and there but it’s nice to be able to get questions answered directly from the candidates in a noncompetitive forum,” said Tricia Santos, a League of Women Voters of Adams County representative. “You know we’re not going to be debating just every candidate has a chance to answer some questions,”

There will also be a candidate forum for the democratic candidates for U.S. Congressional District 15 at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17 also at the First Christian Church.