2020 Candidate Forums

Thursday, September 10

7:00 pm: House District 54A, 54B, Senate District 54

8:15 pm: Cottage Grove Mayor and City Council

Tuesday, September 15

7:00 pm: Newport Mayor and City Council

8:15 pm: Washington County Commissioner District 5

Thursday, September 17

5:45 pm: Woodbury City Council*

7:00 pm: House District 53A, 53B, Senate District 53

8:15 pm: Woodbury City Council*

* The Woodbury City Council candidates will be divided into two groups to allow for appropriate social distancing.

Questions – Questions can be submitted in advance via the local league website https://www.lwvwcg.org or by email to lwvwcg.forums@gmail.com. All questions are screened by a neutral committee for appropriateness, applicability and relevance. They remain the property of the league and the identity of the submitter is confidential. Viewers of the live broadcasts will also have the opportunity to submit questions via text or call-in to the screeners.

Recording and Broadcasting – South Washington County Telecommunications Commission (SWCTC) will provide a live broadcast on government access Channel 18 (Comcast) and Channel 8542 (CenturyLink) and SWCTC.org will feature the live webstream. However, in the event of multiple sessions, there will be a delayed broadcast to avoid any advantage for the later sessions. All forums will be rebroadcast and archived on the SWCTC channels and website leading up to Election Day. Candidates will be asked to sign a consent for the broadcast and recording during check-in before the forum. Candidates can expect that viewers may also record the event.

Moderator for this Forum – Liz Nordling of LWV White Bear Lake Area will moderate the forum, explain the procedures and introduce the candidates.

For questions, please send an email to lwvwcg.forums@gmail.com.