Pierce County Candidate Forum  

The event is free and open to the public with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The first hour will feature the candidates for Pierce County sheriff--incumbent Nancy Hove and challenger Bill Parks. The pair will answer two prepared questions and others submitted by the public in advance or during the evening’s forum.

The second hour will feature candidates for State Senate District 31--incumbent Kathleen Vinehout and challenger Mel Pittman.

Mike Norman, former UW-River Falls Department of Journalism chairman, will serve as the moderator for the forum.

The event will be recorded for rebroadcast on the newspapers' websites and is expected to be broadcast on River Falls Public Access.

Citizens unable to attend but who would like to submit a question to any of the candidates can e-mail it with the candidate’s name in the subject line by Wednesday, September 24, to jschulte@rivertowns.net.

Not all questions will be presented, but reporters from the newspaper will try to choose and represent issues that appear to carry the highest interest with the public.