Group schedules virtual candidate forum for Oct. 13

The League of Women Voters of Mesa County has scheduled a virtual forum expected to feature a total of seven candidates running for three offices.

The forum is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 13 and will be broadcast as a Zoom webinar. The forum also will be available on Facebook Live.

The link to the Zoom webinar is
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The links also are available through the League of Women Voters of Mesa County website at https://lwvmesa.clubexpress.com.

The forum is expected to feature seven candidates. Republican Bobbie Daniel faces Democrat Charles Pink for election to the Mesa County Commission in District 2. Republican Dean Havlik faces Democrat Meaghan Johnson in the race for Mesa County coroner. Three candidates will vie for election as Mesa County clerk and recorder: Libertarian Robert Ballard, Republican Bobbie Gross and Democrat Jeffery Waldon.

Justin Gollob, a professor of political science at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, will moderate the forum. He will pose questions to the candidates designed to offer voters information about their qualifications and positions.

A nonpartisan civic organization founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters encourages informed participation in government.