Lone Star College System to Host Local Candidates Through October

HOUSTON, TX – Lone Star College will host a series of candidate forums leading up to the November election.

The forums will feature candidates running for local, state and national offices and will take place at all six LSC campus locations.

“There is obviously a lot of attention being paid to this year’s presidential election, but local elections can have a huge impact on our community,” said Dr. John Theis, LSC-Center for Civic Engagement director. “This will be a wonderful opportunity to hear directly from candidates on where they stand on the issues.”

The forum series begins on Oct 3 on the LSC-North Harris campus with U.S. Rep. Gene Green (D-Houston) representing the 29th Congressional District, followed by Lori A. Bartley, on Cot. 4, who is running against U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for the District 18 seat, both of those will begin at noon and end at 1 p.m.

LSC-Montgomery will also host a candidate forum on Oct. 4, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. that will feature State Rep. Mark Keough, for District 15 and State Rep. Cecil Bell who represents District 3.

At LSC-Tomball, Republican candidates for State Representative will share their goals with voters on Oct. 6, Valoree Swanson, who defeated incumbent Debbie Riddle in the Republican primary for the chance to run for the Texas representative District 150 seat in November, and Kevin Roberts, Texas representative District 126, who is running to replace the Patricia Harless who did not seek another term. The candidates will speak from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Other forums will be held throughout the college district up to Oct. 27 with the final candidate forum at LSC-University Park, which will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and allow voters to hear from incumbents Bill Kelsey, U.S. Representative, District 10 and Kathie Glass, Texas Supreme Court, Place 3.

All of the events are free and open to the public, and can be found at http://patch.com/texas/houston under the featured events section.

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