It's election season and The Southern Illinoisan's editorial board is in the process of interviewing political candidates seeking re-election for potential endorsements in future editions of the newspaper's editorial page.

We're recording each session and you can download the audio from any of the available links below. Keep checking back, because we'll be adding to this list as we complete the interviews.

U.S. SENATE

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D- Springfield (approx. 50 mins)

Larry Stafford, Libertarian-South Beloit (approx. 38 mins)

Kathy Cummings, Green Party-Chicago (approx. 33 mins)

STATE REP. DISTRICT 115

State Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro (approx. 1 hour)