5 Of 6 GOP Candidates For IL-06 Attend League Of Women Voters Forum

OAK LAWN, IL — Five of six Republicans running for a nomination in the new 6th Congressional District met Tuesday for a forum on issues facing voters.

The forum was hosted by the Illinois League of Women Voters and featured Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, Niki Conforti, Catherine O'Shea and Robert Cruz.

The only candidate not present at the forum was Orland Park native Scott Kaspar. Each candidate was asked the same several questions with 30 seconds to answer.

Questions were on campaign reform, Ukrainian aid, infrastructure, health care, abortion, voting rights, immigration, student debt, global warming, criminal justice and women's rights.

The remapped IL-06 includes all or sections of the suburban Cook Count communities of Alsip, Chicago Ridge, Palos Heights, Worth, Crestwood, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Tinley Park, Orland Park, Orland Hills, Palos Hills, Palos Heights, Hickory Hills, Justice, and extending into the Chicago neighborhoods of Clearing, Beverly and Mount Greenwood; and in DuPage, Downers Grove, Oak Brook, Oak Brook Terrace, Lisle, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Lombard, Elmhurst Darien, Hinsdale, Willow Springs.

Voters can watch a recording of the forum here.