The Republican and Democratic candidates for the new County Executive position will be holding a series of separate town halls for the public (dates on the County Executive election page). An excerpt from the News-Gazette article is here:
Champaign County executive candidates set town hall meetings
CHAMPAIGN — The two candidates for Champaign County executive have scheduled separate town hall meetings to meet with voters and explain the office, which will be on the ballot for the first time in November.
Republican Gordy Hulten and the county farm bureau's political involvement committee will host a series of four town hall meetings this month and in February. The farm bureau has already endorsed Hulten, currently the county clerk.
Democrat Darlene Kloeppel said she has scheduled three town hall meetings in February and March and will hold more throughout the year.
County voters approved creating the office of county executive in November 2016. The farm bureau, the county chamber of commerce, Hulten and state Sen. Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, spearheaded the campaign for the office.
Champaign County will become the second county in Illinois, joining Will County, with a county-executive form of government.
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