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The Cedar Rapids/Marion League of Women voters have been hard at work again this election season to schedule a series of candidate forums for the various Iowa House, Senate and local races. Here is the schedule:
| Race | Date | Location | Participants |
| Linn County Sheriff | Monday, Oct. 13 | Christ Episcopal Church 224 40th St. NE Cedar Rapids, IA |
Brian D. Gardner (Dem) David E. Zahn (Rep) |
| County Supervisor District 2 & 3 |
Tuesday, Oct. 14 | History Center 615 1st Ave. SE Cedar Rapids, IA |
Linda Langston (Dem) John Erceg (Rep) Ben Rogers (Dem) Eric Rosenthal (Rep) |
| Iowa House District 36 | Thursday, Oct. 16 | Marion Library 1095 Sixth Ave. Marion, IA |
Gretchen Lawyer (Dem) Nick Wagner (Rep) |
| Iowa House District 37 | Monday, Oct. 20 | Christ Episcopal Church 224 40th St. NE Cedar Rapids, IA |
Art Staed (Dem) Renee Schulte (Rep) |
| County Supervisor District 4 & 5 |
Thursday, Oct. 23 | Robins Community Center 265 S. 2nd St. Robins, IA |
Don Gray (Dem) Brent Oleson (Rep) James Houser (Dem) David Machacek (Rep) |
| Iowa Senate District 18 | Thursday, Oct. 30 | Marion Library 1095 Sixth Ave. Marion, IA |
Swati Dandekar (Dem) Joe Childers (Rep) |
There is only one race with two opponents that will not be featured in the series -- Iowa House District 33. In that race, Democratic incumbent Dick Taylor has refused the invitation and will not appear with his Republican opponent Kathy Potts prior to the election.
Iowa House District 35 moved into unopposed territory when former Linn County Democratic Chairman Mike Robinson suspended his campaign last month. He cited personal reasons, however, an ethics charge has been filed. Republican incumbent Kraig Paulsen, therefore, will not appear in a forum this year.
Other unopposed local races are Linn County Supervisor District 1 (Lu Barron, Democratic incumbent), Linn County Auditor (Joel Miller, Democratic incumbent), Iowa House District 34 (Todd Taylor, Democratic incumbent) and Iowa House District 38 (Tyler Olson, Democratic incumbent).
The League did not include a forum for Iowa House District 29, a seat being vacated by Ro Foege and encompassing Mount Vernon, due to it being "out of our geographical range." Nate Willems (Dem) and Emma Nemecek (Rep) are campaigning for that seat.
Comments (2)
Thanks for that! I hope to attend two or three of these forums and I hope other voters do to.
Posted by Michelle | October 13, 2008 5:08 PM
Posted on October 13, 2008 17:08
I'm going to the Staed-Shulte forum. Hope to see you there!
Posted by Cheeser | October 14, 2008 4:08 PM
Posted on October 14, 2008 16:08