The annual League of Women Voters Candidates Forum will feature candidates for the Court of Appeals Judge District 6 and State Board of Education District 2 races.
However, candidates for U.S. House races in District 5 and 9 as well as for the Ohio House race for District 75 will not participate.
The forum, presented by the League of Women Voters Perrysburg Area and League of Women Voters Bowling Green, will be held virtually Sunday Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. and then on-demand several days later.
Candidates for the Court of Appeals Judge, Tom Puffenberger and Charles Sulek, submitted all required paperwork and will participate in the forum as did candidates for the State Board of
Education, Teresa Fedor and Sarah McGervey.
The public is encouraged to send questions for the candidates for these races to lwvperrysburg@gmail.com by noon on Friday, Sept. 30.
U.S. Congressional District 5 candidate Bob Latta said he was unable to commit to participate and did not submit the required paperwork. U.S. Congressional District 5 candidate Craig Swartz submitted all required paperwork.
In Ohio House Representative District 75, candidate Haraz Ghanbari said he is unable to participate due to prior commitments and candidate Jan Materni submitted all required paperwork.
Candidates for U.S. Congressional District 9, Marcy Kaptur and J.R. Majewski, did not submit paperwork to participate in the forum.
The non-partisan policy of League of Women Voters precludes us from conducting a forum for any race when only one candidate running for the office will be present.
The Candidates Forum will be held virtually via livestream the afternoon of Sunday Oct 9 at 2 p.m.. Advanced registration is required by Oct. 6 at 2022 Candidates Forum or by going to the Way Public Library’s Calendar of Events.
In person viewing of the livestream is available at Way Public Library, the Wood County Library, and at other libraries to be determined. On-demand viewing (our most popular option) will be available a few days following the Forum via a link on each of the area’s League of Women Voters’ websites: Bowling Green, Perrysburg, and Toledo/Lucas County.
The LWV Perrysburg Area and LWV Bowling Green’s annual Voter Guides will also be published this year. Candidate responses to questions prepared by the League, links to candidate social media, and more can be found at Vote411.orgover the next coming days.
