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2012 Candidate Forums

WHQR will host and broadcast four candidate forums as part of the 2012 Election Season in the MC Erny Gallery, 254 N. Front Street, #300.Each forum will feature two local journalists asking prepared questions during the first half of the event. The second portion will be dedicated to questions from voters. A live studio audience will be invited to ask questions during this segment. We'll also use questions sent in from listeners.If you have a question for the candidates, please email us (newsdirector@whqr.org) or submit via Twitter with the #whqrforums hash tag and tell us which slate of candidates you'd like to address. We reserve the right to edit the questions for clarity, brevity, and objectivity. Each question must be addressed to all candidates in a particular race. If you can't attend the live event, Tweet along while you tune in or listen or watch the webcast online at 7 PM each night to hear the candidates! (WWAY will also broadcast the forums live on Time Warner Cable. RTV is channel 106, on ATMC, channel 903, on Charter Cable, channel 145 and over-the-air at 3.2.)Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7 PM- New Hanover County CommissionersJonathan Barfield (Current Vice Chairman)Beth DawsonRobert MurrayDr. Derrick HickeyWoody WhiteRob Zapple Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 PM- NC House District 18Representative Susi Hamilton (D)Louis Harmati (R) Monday, Oct. 8, 7 PM - NC Senate District 9Senator Thom Goolsby (R)Deb Butler (D) Thursday, Oct. 18, 7 PM - NC House District 19 & NC House District 20 NC House District 19Ted Davis, Jr. (Current NHC Commission Chair)Emilie Swearingen (Current Kure Beach Councilwoman)NC House District 20Rick Catlin (Current NHC Commissioner) (R)Tom Gale (D)

NHCo. Candidates to Debate at Forum

WHQR | By Michelle Bliss

Published April 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM EDT

Many of this year’s New Hanover County primary candidates are gathering Wednesday night to express their opinions on local issues before voters head to the polls.

WHQR’s Michelle Bliss reports that one-stop voting begins next week.

Both county commissioner and board of education candidates will be included in the forum.

There are ten candidates for commissioner including two incumbents, Democrat Jonathan Barfield and Republican Jason Thompson.

For the board of education, Republican Incumbent Jeanette Nichols and Democratic Incumbent Elizabeth Redenbaugh are among the nine candidates.

The League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear is hosting the event, along with WECT and UNCW. WECT’s Jon Evans will moderate the forum.

One-stop voting centers open next week, three weeks before the May 8^th primary.

Wednesday night’s event begins at 6 in McNeill Hall at UNCW.