Candidate Forums and Other Candidate Events

Candidate Forum: Indiana House 61

Where: Tri-North Middle School Presentation Center, 1000 W 15th St, Bloomington, IN
Moderator: Pearl Vinard, League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County
Confirmed participants: Matt Pierce (D), Lilliana Young (D)
Hosted by: League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County
Cosponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Kappa Tau Omega Chapter, Big Ten Voting Challenge, IU PACE, Monroe County NOW, Monroe County Branch NAACP, South Central Indiana Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Candidate Forum: County Commissioner District 1

Where: Tri-North Middle School Presentation Center, 1000 W 15th St, Bloomington, IN
Moderator: Steve Hinnefeld, Limestone Post Magazine
Confirmed participants: Trent Deckard (D), David Henry (D)
Hosted by: League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County
Cosponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Kappa Tau Omega Chapter, Big Ten Voting Challenge, IU PACE, Monroe County NOW, Monroe County Branch NAACP, South Central Indiana Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Candidate Forum: County Clerk

Where: Tri-North Middle School Presentation Center, 1000 W 15th St, Bloomington, IN
Moderator: Ilana Stonebraker, Head, Business/SPEA Library, Indiana University
Confirmed participants: Tanner Dale Branham, (D), Tree Martin-Lucas (D)
Hosted by: League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County
Cosponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Kappa Tau Omega Chapter, Big Ten Voting Challenge, IU PACE, Monroe County NOW, Monroe County Branch NAACP, South Central Indiana Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Candidate Forum: County Prosecutor

Where: Tri-North Middle School Presentation Center, 1000 W 15th St, Bloomington, IN
Moderator: Ilana Stonebraker, Head, Business/SPEA Library, Indiana University
Confirmed participants: Benjamin Tyron Arrington, (D), Erika Oliphant (D)
Hosted by: League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County
Cosponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Kappa Tau Omega Chapter, Big Ten Voting Challenge, IU PACE, Monroe County NOW, Monroe County Branch NAACP, South Central Indiana Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Candidate Forum: Healthcare Conversation

About this event: Meet the candidates for US House of Representatives District 9. The discussion will be to update our community on the current state of healthcare and to ask our panelists how they would serve Hoosiers to remedy cuts to Medicaid, loss of subsidies for Hoosiers in the insurance Marketplace, healthcare for the uninsured, hospital closures in Indiana, etc.
Where: St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Garton Hall, 100 SR-46 West, Bloomington, IN
Moderator: Dr. Mark Bauman is a retired Pathologist and Clinical Associate Professor (emeritus) at the IU School of Medicine. He taught Pathology to medical students and Healthcare Policy to undergraduates at Indiana University Bloomington for many years.
Confirmed participants: Jim Graham (D), Brad Meyer (D), Dr. Tim Peck (D), Keil Roark (D), and Floyd Taylor (I). Current office holder, Rep. Erin Houchin has declined.
Cosponsors: Medicare for All Indiana – Bloomington, League of Women Voters Bloomington-Monroe County, Monroe County Branch NAACP, League of Women Voters Brown County, Brown Countians for Quality Healthcare, The Rural Summit and Organizing Indiana

Candidate Forum: Indiana Congressional District 9 Virtual Forum

Where: This is an online Zoom event. Registration is required. Click here to register and receive your Zoom link.
Moderator: Sonia Leerkamp, Vice President, League of Women Voters of Brown County
Confirmed participants: Jim Graham (D), Brad Meyer (D), Keil Roark (D)
Hosted by: League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County, League of Women Voters of Brown County, League of Women Voters of Southern Indiana
Cosponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Kappa Tau Omega Chapter, Indiana University Political and Civic Engagement, Monroe County Branch NAACP, Monroe County NOW, South Central Indiana Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Candidate Forum: Indiana Congressional District 9 Candidates on Science, Technology, and the Environment

About this event: A forum for candidates running for U.S. House of Representatives, District 9. The candidates will discuss artificial intelligence & data centers, climate change & energy, air & water quality, health policy, and federal research funding.
Where: Main auditorium, Monroe County Public Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana. The event is free and open to the public. For those unable to participate in person, the forum will also be live streamed at the ASIU YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@AdvocatesforScienceatIU
Confirmed participants: Jim Graham (D), Brad Meyer (D), Tim Peck (D), Keil Roark (D), and Floyd Taylor (I)
Hosted by: Concerned Scientists @ IU
Cosponsors: CSIU’s student affiliate organization, Advocates for Science @IU, the League of Women Voters of Bloomington-Monroe County, Citizens' Climate Lobby of South Central Indiana, and the Green Sanctuary Task Force of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington