LWV Rochester's Candidate Forum sessions for the Nov. 3 election

All candidates for each elective office were invited to participate in the LWVR forum session, where our moderator provides each the opportunity to respond to a panel of questions. These are generally held at the Rochester Public Library with a live audience, except as noted (please arrive by 6:15pm) and will be recorded. These events have long been co-sponsored by the Library, the Rochester Post-Bulletin, and the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. The scheduled upcoming sessions currently include...

Primary Election forum events have been completed. Recordings of these events are available at this link courtesy of the Rochester Public Library. 

General Election forum events - Rochester Public Library doors open 30 min prior to the start of the first forum. If a 2nd forum occurs on a given night, doors for that will open 15 minutes prior to start. Except for the Oct 1 forum for School Board, a livestream of each forum will be available thanks to the Rochester Public Library HERE. Recordings of each forum will be available after it occurs on the RPL YouTube channel HERE.

Question for candidates can be submitted by the public prior to each forum. The links to submit these for each session can be found below. Please note that the submitted questions will not be reviewed until the day of the event. Feel free to email or call the League for other matters.

• Tues. Sept. 8, 6:30-7:30pm - MN Senate District 20:
  Steven E Jacob, Jason Lohmann - submit questions HERE

• Wed. Sept. 9, 6:30-7:30pm - MN Senate District 24:
  Simon Glaser, Nels Pierson - submit questions HERE

• Thurs. Sept. 10, 6:30-7:30pm - MN Senate District 25:
  Liz Boldon, John Howie - submit questions HERE

• Mon. Sept. 14, 6:30-7:30pm - MN House District 20B:
  Sara Bertschinger, Steve Holm - submit questions HERE

• Tues. Sept. 15, 6:30-7:30pm - MN House District 24A:
  Heather Holmes, Duane Quam - submit questions HERE

• Wed., Sept. 16, 6:30-7:30pm - MN House District 24B:
  John Michael Ajouri, Tina Liebling - submit questions HERE

• Thurs., Sept. 17, 6:30-7:30pm - MN House District 25A:
  Brad Trahan, Kim Hicks - submit questions HERE

• Mon. Sept.  21, 6:30-7:30pm - MN House District 25B:
  Wes Lund, Andy Smith - submit questions HERE

• Wed. Sept. 23, 6:30 -7:30pm - Olmsted County Attorney:
  Karen MacLaughlin, Michael Walters - submit questions HERE

• Thurs. Sept. 24, 6:30 -7:30pm - Olmsted County Commissioner Dist 6:
  Bob Hopkins, Michael Wojcik - submit questions HERE

• Mon. Sept. 28 - dual sessions
  6:00-6:45pm - Soil & Water Dist 1:
  Kevin Connelly, Pernell Meier, Jesse O'Driscoll - submit questions HERE
  7:00-7:45pm - Olmsted County Commissioner Dist 2:
  Gabe Perkins, David H Senjem - submit questions HERE

• Tues. Sept. 29 - dual sessions - submit questions for either HERE
  6:00-6:45pm - City Council Ward 5:
  Ruchi Gupta, Shaun C Palmer
  7:00-7:45pm - City Council Ward 3:
  Lamar Hicks, Norman Wahl

• Wed., Sept. 30 - dual sessions
  6:00-6:45pm - City Council Ward 1:
  Patrick Keane, Lisa Ross  - submit questions HERE
  7:00-7:45pm - Rochester Mayor:
  Jess Garcia, Joe Powers - submit questions HERE

• Thurs. Oct. 1 - 6:30 - 8:40pm - Rochester School Board:  - submit questions HERE
  Joe "Joe(y)" Christenson, Justin M. Cook, Pat " Pot" Farmer, Ana Folpe, Flora Howie, Josh Koestler, Joe Laforge, Jean Marvin, Cathy Nathan, and John Peck. (2 hours with candidates plus a 10 minute break).
  This forum will be held at the RCTC Heintz Center in the Commons: enter via west side doors (facing OMC): Door H15 or H16. The League plans to livestream and record this event, but details are forthcoming.

Not sure who represents you on the Council or Commission? See what will be on your primary election ballot at this link: What's on my ballot?