Nunda Township Hosting Candidates Night for 8th Congressional District Republican Congressional Candidates

In a normal year, some political organizations would be holding Christmas parties.

But this isn’t a normal election year.

The primary election is February 5th thanks to Illinois Democrats who want to boost the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama.

Republicans in Nunda Township, the one on the east side of McHenry County that runs from Crystal Lake Avenue in Crystal Lake into southern McHenry, are hosting a candidates’ night for the three GOP candidates at McHenry County College next Monday night at 7 PM.

Since this will probably be one of the few places people can see candidates

  • Ken Arnold,
  • Steve Greenberg and
  • Kirk Morris

(listed in alphabetical order and seen left to right) in the flesh, it should be a good show.

So, you all mark your calendars and come meet the person that the GOP will run against Democratic Party Congresswoman Melissa Bean next fall.

The press release follows:

Forum features Republican congressional hopefuls

CRYSTAL LAKE – A trio of Republicans vying for their party’s nomination for the 8th Congressional District seat are expected to square off in debate next week.

  • Ken Arnold, a Gurnee businessman;
  • Kirk Morris, a Gurnee executive and veterans’ advocate; and
  • Steve Greenberg, an athlete-turned-businessman from Long Grove,

all are bidding for the Republican Party nomination Feb. 5.

“Up until now, the primary has been relatively low-profile,” said Blake Hobson, Nunda Township Republican chairman and organizer of the forum. “As a committeeman, I go door-to-door and I talk to people and they say, ‘Geez, I don’t know who these people are.’

“By putting together this forum … it gives primary voters the opportunity to come and say, ‘I like candidate A, I like candidate B.’”

All candidates have confirmed that they will participate, Hobson said.

The forum is slated to begin at 7 p.m. Monday at McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The forum will be conducted in the college conference center, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

The forum is free and open to the public.


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