News Tribune to host Cole County candidate forums Tuesday

The News Tribune will host a candidate forum this week featuring candidates in contested Cole County races in the Aug. 7 primary election.

From 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, the forum at Jefferson City Hall will feature three Republican county races.

Scheduled to appear at the forum are Mark Richardson and Locke Thompson, Republican candidates for prosecuting attorney; Ralph Bray and Judy Ridgeway, Republican candidates for recorder of deeds; and Cotton Walker and Tim Anderson, Republican candidates for associate circuit judge, Division III.

To keep Mid-Missouri residents informed before they head to the polls Aug. 7, the News Tribune has been profiling the races leading up to Election Day. The newspaper also will publish stories in which candidates are questioned about issues or topics that would affect the office they are seeking.

Those profiles and stories began June 17 and will continue through Election Day, culminating with a voter's guide that will publish the Sunday before the election.

The forum will be livestreamed at newstribune.com.

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Community members may submit questions for the candidates by sending an email to [email protected].