State Senate candidate Joan Lovely will be joining us on Monday at noon for a live chat with readers.

If you have any questions for Lovely on her bid for the 2nd Essex District seat, which represents Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Danvers and Topsfield, this is a great opportunity to get those questions answered.

Be sure to head on over to our homepage between noon and 1 p.m. on Aug. 27 to join our chat. You simply have to provide your name and you'll be able to ask your questions immediately.

Be sure to mark your calendar today. Questions submitted, as always, will be subject to moderator approval. No vulgar or libelous comments will be allowed.

Do to the fact that we expect a high volume of questions for that hour, we will keep the questions issue-related and not repetitive. If you join the chat late, please take a minute to scroll through the questions and answers so far to see if your question has already been addressed.

If you won't be able to join us Monday afternoon, leave your question for Lovely in the comments section below and we'll do our best to include it in the chat if time allows.

If you missed our live chat with John Slattery last week, you can find the transcript here. We are in the process of scheduling chats with the other two Democratic candidates in the race as well prior to the Sept. 6 primary so stay tuned.