By LYNETTE SOWELL-STEVENS
Cove Leader-Press
A series of candidate forums are scheduled ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
The Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce is hosting two forums, one for the Copperas Cove ISD board of trustees, and one for the Copperas Cove city council.
The forum for City Council is set for Thursday, Oct. 15, from 6-8 p.m., and the forum for CCISD trustees is set scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 6-8 p.m.
Both will be held at the Copperas Cove City Council chambers, 508 S. 2nd St. The meetings are open to the public.
Both events will also be streamed live on the Copperas Cove Chamber Facebook page.
Community members are encouraged to submit questions in advance to chamber@copperascove.com or submit a question in writing at the event.
Questions will be reviewed for relevance, neutrality and duplication and presented to the candidates by the moderator.
Questions will not be taken directly from the floor or through Facebook Live comments.
For the Copperas Cove city council, Places 6 and 7 are up for election with a total of six candidates for the three open positions.
Victor Hall II, Jay Manning and Jesus Mendez Jr. will be on the ballot for Place 6. Hall and Manning are confirmed to attend the forum on Oct. 15.
Trae Cunningham, William Smith, and Dana Wall will be on the ballot for Place 7.
Smith and Wall have confirmed they will be attending the forum on Oct. 15.
Confirmed candidates to attend the Oct. 21 forum include all CCISD board of trustees candidates.
James Ortiz and Emily Urquidez are running for Place 5, Trang Nguyen and Inez Faison are running for Place 6. James “JC” Stubbs and Jeff Gorres are running for Place 7.
Early voting for the Nov. 3 election starts on Monday, Oct. 19 and continues through Friday, Oct. 30.
Another forum for all candidates is set for Saturday, Oct. 17, held by the Coryell County Republican Women.
This forum starts at noon and will be held at Trinity Worship Center, located at 1802 MLK Jr. Dr.
City council candidates Mendez, Smith, and Wall are confirmed to attend.
CCISD trustees candidates Ortiz, Urquidez, Nguyen, and Gorres are confirmed to attend.
Email info@coryellcountyrepublicanwomen.org for more information on that event.
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