Please don’t forget the candidates’ forum that has been scheduled for Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the chambers of the Vance County Board of Commissioners in the County Administration Building on Young Street.
The event is being sponsored by The Daily Dispatch, the Henderson-Vance Chamber of Commerce, WIZS, and local news blog Home in Henderson.
Local or regional candidates who face opposition in the upcoming November 4 election include:
VANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONER
District 1
Deborah Brown, Democrat, incumbent
John Yount, Republican, challenger
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
District 9
S. Quon Bridges, incumbent
Amanda Stevenson, challenger
(seat vacant by retirement)
A. Chance Wilkinson
Carolyn J. Yancey
N.C. STATE SENATE
District 7
Doug Berger, Democrat, incumbent
Chuck Stires, Republican, challenger
Kira Howe, Libertarian, challenger
Candidates who are on the ballot but do not face opposition in the general election will be invited to make opening statements during the forum. These include:
VANCE COUNTY COMMISSIONER
District 2
Tim Pegram, Democrat, incumbent
District 5
Eddie Wright, Democrat, incumbent
District 6
Terry Garrison, Democrat, incumbent
VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
District 3
Leon “Pete” Falkner, Democrat, incumbent
District 4
Ronald B. Kinsley, Democrat, incumbent
District 5
Emeron “E.J.” Cash, Democrat, incumbent
District 7 (unexpired term of Tommy Riddle ending 2010)
Ruth Hartness, Democrat
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
District 9, second seat
John W. Davis, Louisburg, incumbent
District 9, third seat
Daniel F. Finch, Oxford, incumbent
District 9B
Randolph Baskerville, Henderson
N.C. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 27
Michael Wray, Democrat, incumbent
District 32
Jim Crawford, Democrat, incumbent
Barbara Howe, Libertarian, challenger
Questions will be presented by representatives of the media sponsors of the event. Gene Purvis of Vance-Granville Community College will serve as the moderator of the event.
Questions from the forum’s audience will be considered.