Carson City Republican Candidates Forum: Meet the Candidates

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Repeats every day until Thu Apr 30 2020 .
April 27, 2020 - 6:00pm
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April 28, 2020 - 6:00pm
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April 29, 2020 - 6:00pm
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April 30, 2020 - 6:00pm

Carson City Candidate Forum from the Carson City Republican Committee. All active voters in Carson City will be receiving, via postal mail, their mail-in ballot the first week of May and the Carson City Republican Committee want you to be ready for the upcoming Primary Election on June 9.

We want to offer you the ability to meet the candidates for Nevada Assembly District 40, Carson City Mayor, Supervisor for Ward 2 and 4 along with School District 7 candidates.

Participants that you will hear from in the Carson City Republican Candidate Forum are:
Candidate Office Date / Time
PK O’Neill Assembly District 40 Monday 27 April 6:00pm
Ron Bratsch Ward 4 Supervisor Monday 27 April 7:00pm
Day Williams Assembly District 40 Tuesday 28 April 6:00pm
Lori Bagwell Mayor Tuesday 28 April 7:00pm
Maurice White Ward 2 Supervisor Wednesday 29 April 6:00pm
Nathaniel Killgore Mayor Wednesday 29 April 7:00pm
Jim Shirk Mayor Thursday 30 April 6:00pm
Joy Trushenski School District 7 Thursday 30 April 7:00pm

Our candidate forum will be moderated by Paul Strasser, Chairman of the Carson City Republican Committee and he will ask each candidate a set of questions via our VIRTUAL ZOOM meeting on each night starting at 6 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, April 27-30.

Everyone is invited regardless of your political affiliation. Only ACTIVE, registered republican voters may participate in the June 9th Primary but EVERYONE will be voting for the candidates during the general election on Nov. 3.

We are going to make it easier to access the Zoom meeting by using the same meeting ID for each of the evening sessions. We will mute all participants to minimize background noise BUT will allow you to chat with the candidates and ask your questions, time permitting. We will start promptly on time so login to the Zoom platform to listen in.

To join the meeting on your desktop or mobile devices – open the zoom app or open the website https://zoom.us/j/7142709607

Meeting ID: 714 270 9607

One tap mobile: +16699006833,,7142709607# US (San Jose)

Dial by your location: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

We look forward to your participation during the Candidate Forum. Don’t worry if you can’t attend and miss the live event. We will share the recorded zoom meeting on our www.Facebook.com/CarsonCityRepublicans social media page AND on our website, www.CarsonCityRepublicans.com.

Email the Carson City Republican Committee is you have any questions at ViceChair3@CarsonCityRepublicans.com or you can call Scott Hoen at (714) 270-9607.

The Carson City Republican Party is fortunate to have an office at 1971 California Street, Carson City, NV 89701. We currently are closed during these challenging times and hope to re-open soon to assist local residents with voter registration, absentee registration and event participation. Our goal is to register any and all voters regardless of political affiliation – get involved and have a voice.

As always, we say “Every Seat is the People’s Seat”. Please participate in YOUR election.

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