Republican primary forums planned in Lewiston and Moscow this week

Organizers are planning both of these events as candidate forums, not debates. The events were described incorrectly in the original version of this story because of a staff error.

Idaho Republican candidates in legislative and county races are scheduled to appear at two forums planned this week in Lewiston and Moscow.

The Clearwater River Republican Women have scheduled their forum for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Hells Canyon Grand Hotel at Lewiston.

That forum will feature Idaho House and Senate GOP candidates in contested races in Districts 6 and 7. Those races are: District 6 Senate between Robert Blair and incumbent Dan Foreman; District 6A House between Colton Bennett, Dave Dalby and incumbent Lori McCann; District 7A House between Jim Chmelik and Kyle N. Harris; and District 7B House between Larry Dunn and incumbent Charlie Shepherd.

The Republican incumbents in the races for District 7 Senate (Cindy Carlson) and District 6B House (Brandon Mitchell) have no primary challengers, so they won’t take part in the forum.

Wednesday’s forum will also feature Republican candidates for the Nez Perce County Commission’s District 3 seat. Those are Robin Ackerman, Joe Gish, Bob Hasenoehrl and John Roy.

Latah County Republicans have scheduled a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the 1912 Center’s Great Room, 412 E. Third St., Moscow.

Candidates scheduled to appear are Blair and Foreman in the District 6 Senate race and Bennett, Dalby and McCann in the District 6A House race. No other contested races are on the GOP primary ballot in Latah County.

There will be a combination of questions for the candidates with both written and oral responses at the Moscow event. Written responses from candidates will be available both at the event and on LatahGOP.org. There will also be time for questions to be asked by the general audience.

Both events are free and open to the public.

The primary election will be May 21.