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IRVING PARK — The two candidates vying to represent the 30th Ward will discuss local issues at a virtual forum this weekend.
Candidates Ruth Cruz and Jessica Gutiérrez will participate in the forum, which begins 2 p.m. Saturday. It’s organized by the League of Women Voters of Chicago and Voters Engagement Coalition.
The event will be held via Zoom. Attendees are asked to register online. Information on joining the Zoom call will be sent to all registrants via email.
Both candidates confirmed they’re attending.
Gutiérrez, daughter of former Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, and Cruz, a Roosevelt University administrator, emerged from a field of four candidates in the Feb. 28 election, garnering 37 percent and 27 percent of the vote, respectively.
Since neither received at least 50 percent of the vote to win outright, voters will weigh in again Tuesday to decide the ward’s new alderperson.
Ald. Ariel Reboyras (30th) announced in September he wouldn’t seek reelection, ending his 20 years in City Council.
The newly redrawn Northwest Side ward includes portions of Belmont Cragin, Irving Park, Portage Park and Avondale.
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