Next Thursday night at Old Dominion University, Kaufman Hall, Room 224, 7 p.m., candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Congress in Virginia’s 2nd District will gather to debate taxes, higher education, national security, among others…and the questions come from you!
You can either join us live (first come – first serve) or stream us on U-Stream.
Tickets are available through each campaign, the ODU College Republicans, the Norfolk Republican Party, and the Norfolk – Portsmouth Young Republicans. BD will also have a few tickets at the door, but otherwise, it will be standing room only. Tickets will be mailed to the organizations today; they should have them before the end of the week.
Just got a little disappointing news today – Scott Rigell notified us that he will be attending an Urban League dinner instead of coming to the debate. Rigell was the first to respond to BD back in February that he’d try to make it, schedule permitting, but a recent personal invitation to this dinner made it too important to him to pass up. We’ll miss him.
Regardless, all the other candidates will be there and it will be great to hear their thoughts on a variety of issues.
Here are the rules:
1) Each candidate gets seven minutes to answer questions from you, the BD reader, on the issues of taxes, national security and higher education. Use this thread to leave your question and Shaun Kenney (podcast co-host and elected official in the 5th District), Alan Moore (new writer, journalist, and Northern Virginia resident), and myself will choose the best three or four to ask the candidates at the forum. I asked Shaun and Alan to help select because of their impartiality and expertise.
2) Each candidate will also submit to BD their question that they would like to ask each other. The question must be generic in nature and applicable to all the candidates.
3) Two people from the audience – a member of the ODU College Republicans and a member of the Norfolk GOP – will ask a question to the candidates.
All in all, this should be an exceptionally informative debate and I hope I can see as many of you there as possible. If you can’t be there, please be sure to stream it online!
Looking forward to reading your questions!
Kaufman Hall is located on the main campus side of the university across Hampton Blvd from the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Turn towards main campus on 45th Street (a right if you’re coming from the Naval Station, a left if coming from the Midtown Tunnel) and park in “Lot 20”. Kaufman is located next to Webb Center and is across the parking lot from the library.
