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Tickets go on sale Friday, October 4, 2024
Click below to register and purchase your ticket(s) for the Mary Ann Ahern & Carol Marin speaker luncheon at the Union League Club on Friday, November 8, 2024 at 12 noon.
Online reservations close Tuesday, November 5, 2024 @ 5pm. For any questions or reservations after November 5th, please call Judy Murphy at 224-392-9361
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What Happens Next? Two of Chicago's most prominent journalists take us through the facts of the election and what it means for our democracy.
Chicago journalism icons Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin will join the First Friday Club to look at what we know about the outcome of the November election, and what it means not only for Illinois, but for our country. The pair have joined the First Friday Club in prior post-election roundups--a treat not to be missed. Along with the Presidency, the House and Senate have been labeled as tossups, with big ramifications for both parties and for America.
More on Mary Ann Ahern & Carol Marin
Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin, long time collegues and friends, have reported on both local and national politics, sharing years of experience to many viewers in the Chicago area.
Mary Ann Ahern, a reporter for Chicago's NBC 5 News has covered political campaigns from the White House to Springfield to Chicago. She witnessed the transitions from Mayor Richard Daley to Mayor Rahm Emanuel to Mayor Lori Lightfoot and traveled through the primary states for the 2008, 2012, 2016 presidential campaigns, just as she did in 1988 while a reporter in Atlanta. She has also covered presidential election nights from Texas, Boston, New York and Chicago and has covered presidential inaugurations from Washington, D.C.
Carol Marin is currently a political analyst and director of the DePaul University Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence and Faculty Fellow. The core of her past journalistic work focused on politics, public corruption and organized crime which included reporting for Chicago's WTTW and 60 minutes along with serving as prime time anchor for both WMAQ-TV and WBBM-TV.
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