League of Women Voters forums to feature Tri-Cities candidates. How to watch

Eric Rosane
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The League of Women Voters of Benton and Franklin Counties will broadcast its local candidate forums starting Oct. 16.

The forums will be broadcast at 7 and 11 p.m. daily Oct. 16-20 on Northwest Public Broadcasting and KTNW TV. The interviews also will be available to watch on demand on the League’s Facebook page and NWPB’s YouTube page.

Ballots will be mailed to registered voters on Oct. 20 and must be returned by the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Ballots postmarked after that date don’t get counted.

In all, 141 candidates in the Tri-Cities filed for 100 seats on local city councils, fire district boards and school boards.

But here are the races that the League of Women Voters will highlight during the candidate forums:

Monday, Oct. 16

  • Port of Benton Commissioner 2 (Christy Rasmussen and Scott Keller).

  • Richland City Council Position 2 (Theresa Richardson and Elizabeth Vann-Clark).

  • Richland City Council Position 5 (Shayne VanDyke and Gregery Levy).

  • Richland City Council Position 6 (Kurt Maier and Kent Madsen).

Tuesday, Oct. 17

  • Kennewick School District, Director 3 (Dustin Petersen and Michael Connors)

  • Kennewick School District, Director 4 (Brittany Gledhill and Aaron Michele Massey)

  • Kennewick School District, Director 5 (Josh Miller)

  • Benton City Mayor (Len Burton and Jake Mokler)

  • West Richland Council, Position 7 (Kate Moran and David Cole)

  • Kennewick City Council, Position 7 at-large (James Milbauer and Ted Owens)

Wednesday, Oct. 18

  • Richland City Council, Position 7 (Ryan Whitten and Joshua Short)

  • Richland School District, Director 3 (Chelsie Beck and Nino Kapitula)

  • Richland School District, Director 4 (Kari Williams and Katrina Waters)

  • Richland School District, Director 5 (Jill Oldson and Gene Nemeth)

Thursday, Oct. 19

  • Pasco School Director, District 1 (Vincent Guerrero and Steve Norberg)

  • Pasco School Director, District 2 (John Kennedy and Gabriel Lucatero)

  • Pasco School Director at-large (Rosa Torres and Steve Simmons)

  • Pasco City Council, District 2 (Joseph Campos and Charles Grimm)

Friday, Oct. 20

  • Pasco City Council, District 3 (Irving Brown Sr. and Leo Perales)

  • Pasco City Council, District 5 (David Milne and James Czebotar)

  • Pasco City Council at-large (Peter Harpster and Kim Lehrman)