Election lookahead: League of Women Voters to hold series of local candidate forums in October
Voters in Washtenaw County will decide in five weeks on a number of contested races, including who will be their next sheriff, judge and prosecutor.
The League of Women Voters in Ann Arbor plans to give voters a chance to hear from each of the candidates before the Nov. 6 election.
The following forums will be taped inside the CTN studios Oct. 8-11. They will air live and will be rebroadcast leading up to the election.
Monday, Oct. 8
- 7-7:30 p.m. — County Water Resources Commissioner
- 8-8:30 p.m. — County Treasurer
- 9-9:30 p.m. — County Clerk/Register of Deeds
- 7-7:30 p.m. — Washtenaw Community College Trustees Board
- 8-8:30 p.m. — Ann Arbor Public School Board
- 9-9:45 p.m. — Ann Arbor District Library Board
- 7-7:30 p.m. — Ann Arbor Mayoral Race & 5th Ward
- 8-8:30 p.m. — County Sheriff
- 9-9:45 p.m. — Board of County Commissioners - Districts 7, 8 & 9
- 7-7:45 p.m. — State Representatives - 53rd & 55th districts
- 8-8:30 p.m. — 22nd Circuit Court (non-incumbent race & incumbent race)
- 9-9:30 p.m. — County Prosecuting Attorney
Members of the public can submit their questions to candidates at www.lwvannarbor.org. The deadline for questions is 5 p.m. Sept. 20.
For a list of candidates, visit the county's elections website.
Ryan J. Stanton covers government and politics for AnnArbor.com. Reach him at ryanstanton@annarbor.com or 734-623-2529. You also can follow him on Twitter or subscribe to AnnArbor.com's email newsletters.
Comments
The Secret Team
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 : 9:57 p.m.
"The deadline for questions is 5p.m. Sept. 20." Is this a typo? How can the deadline be ten days ago?
The Secret Team
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 : 6:46 p.m.
The big race that is shaping up is the one between Prosecutor Michael Woodyard and incumbent JudgeTimothy Connors. Judge Timothy Connors, an Engler-appointee who has made heavy campaign donations to the Michigan Republican Party and ultrconservative former Michigan Chief Justice Clifford Taylor, showed up at an Ann Arbor Democratic Party meeting two weeks ago making his pitch for an AADP endorsement in this election. It went over like a lead balloon - the AADP membership voted by a margin of 47-8 not to endorse either candidate. Not to be outdone, Connors showed up at a Washtenaw County Democratic Party meeting yesterday and had many members of his campaign committee accompany him and vote at the meeting. These members included John Hampton Bredell and Michael Vincent - both local attorneys who have practiced before him. Judging by the number of vehicles in the parking lot with Judge Connors bumper stickers and the dozens and dozens of unfamiliar faces at that meeting , it seemed clear that Judge Connors was trying to recruit his campaign people to stack the vote in his favor and will no doubt trumpet the county Democratic endorsement as proof he is really an acceptable Democrat. Connors and his people learned the lesson of his embarrassing rebuff from the Ann Arbor Democratic Party two weeks ago and got really crafty. Connors is trying to reconstitute himself as a Democrat just to win re-election. Ask prominent elected county Democrats like County Prosecutor Brian Mackie, Clerk Larry Kestenbaum, Drain Commissioner Jan Bobrin, veteran Board of Commissioners members Leah Gunn & Conan Smith, and Sheriff Jerry Clayton why they are not endorsing Judge Connors. Ask Democrat Jack Eaton why he made a motion during the aforesaid AADP meeting that the AADP should not endorse either candidate and ask Ann Arbor City Councilperson Sabra Briere why she spoke at that meeting to support Jack's motion. Voters should not be fooled. Mike Woodyard is the best candidate.