Democratic candidate for Congress Betsy Dirksen Londrigan announced on Sunday she will hold a town hall event this week on the University of Illinois campus. URBANA — Democratic candidate for Congress Betsy Dirksen Londrigan announced on Sunday she will hold a town hall event this week on the University of Illinois campus. The 14-county series began in July and has included Macoupin, Greene, DeWitt, Christian, Macon, Calhoun, Piatt, Jersey and Montgomery counties so far. read more