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First the first time in 13 years, London, Ont. has been named as the host city for the 2024 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Track and Field Championships.

The annual Strawberry Fest takes over Long Grove this weekend. Plus, Geneva Swedish Days and West Chicago Railroad Days continue, Taste of Highland Park takes over The Lot, Naperville Fine Art & Artisan Fair brings artists from all over to Naper Settlement and much more.

The annual Strawberry Fest takes over Long Grove this weekend. Plus, Geneva Swedish Days and West Chicago Railroad Days continue, Taste of Highland Park takes over The Lot, Naperville Fine Art & Artisan Fair brings artists from all over to Naper Settlement and much more.

Rosa. appreciate it. thank you. in georgia a runoff date is set, mark your calenders, december 6. this after of course neither senate candidate reached the 50-percent-plus-one threshold. this could decide the balance of power in the senate. >> imagine that. cnn national politics reporter eva mckend live in atlanta. eva, are they making preps for this runoff who cich could deci who controls the senate. >> reporter: this has been a costly affair, this competitive senate contest. even more money ...

The festival season feels like its really getting back to normal with the return of Napervilles Ribfest, Taste of Des Plaines, Blues on the Fox in Aurora, Swedish Days in Geneva and the many concerts in the park, art fairs and cruise nights.

A former candidate and understanding how this process works helps you and how do you talk about your state to folks who are thinking about getting into the races? >> absolutely. we know we have two critical, or several rather, critical races coming up in 2022. but yes, my experience as a candidate running for state house in 2018 and 2020 really prepared me for standing up a field operation when in 2015 because we werent [inaudible] . it show me the ability or the efficacy around standing up and ...

You have experience as a candidate in north carolina, narrowly losing two close state house elections in 18 and 2020. how do you think your experience as a former candidate and understanding how this process works helps you, and how do you talk about your state to folks who are thinking about getting into the races? >> absolutely. so, we know we have two critical -- or several rather critical races coming up in 2022. but, yes, my experience as a candidate running for state house in 2018 and 2020...

Just maybe, i will not watch. >> i decided early on i was i mean, mayor bill deblasio is cooperate, when we heard all the going to be the best president like the biggest offender of money cant buy. this, and its only going to get democrats, president and aids [laughter] [applause] worse im telling you right now. have to cooperate. it looked hypocritical. and part of that would mean we its definitely going to get were going to have to do this worse. pete: whats happening here 13-year-old girl k...

Your tv on. >> and they look like theyre going to be decisive. because greene county, its a cow county. there are very few people who live down there. and all of the population in that district is up in those pittsburgh suburbs where people are in business, and maybe theyre out of town on business. so they vote absentee. and then as cornell indicated, you get better organization by the democrats of the absentee ballots. thats very much like the early voting you see in other states. a lot of that...

>> i think so, though. i think so. >> a member of the bernie sanders campaign has been fired after wrongly accessing confidential voter information gathered by hillary clintons campaign and "the washington post" reports that the dnc has now suspended the sanders campaigns access to its voter database as a result of the breach, a punishment that could seriously hinder field organizing and campaigning efforts. sanders campaign manager jeff weaver acknowledged to the post that a low-level staffer h...