Learn About Candidates In WSRE Series

August 9, 2010

WSRE, PBS for the Gulf Coast, will present “Rally 2010,” a primary and general election television candidate forum beginning Monday night.

The first installment of “Rally 2010” will air on WSRE Monday, August 9 through Wednesday, August 11 at 7 p.m. nightly and will focus on the August 24 primary election featuring local candidates from races in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa Counties, as well as candidates for State Senate and House seats.

The program will be moderated by Dee Dee Sharp, journalist and on-air host of WSRE and Pensacola State College’s “AWARE”; Lloyd Patterson, on-air host of WSRE’s “Connecting the Community”; and Sandra Averhart, WUWF News Director. The second installment featuring candidates for the general election will take place October 18 and 19.

The primary races covered in “Rally 2010” are scheduled to include the following races/candidates:

Monday, August 9

  • Senate District 2 – Greg Evers, Mike Hill
  • House District 1 – Greg Brown, Douglas Broxson, Ricky Perritt, Ferd Salomon
  • House District 2 – Clay Ingram, David Karasek
  • Esc. Co. Commissioners Dist. 2 – Dave Murzin, Karen Sindel, George Touart, Gene Valentino
  • Esc. Co. Commissioners Dist. 4 – Dennis Green, Grover Robinson

Tuesday, August 10

  • Esc. Co. School Board Dist. 1 – Jeff Bergosh, Luke Keller
  • Esc. Co. School Board Dist. 2 – Gerald Boone, Virginia White
  • Esc. Co. School Board Dist. 3 – Linda Moultrie, Charlie Nichols
  • ECUA Dist. 2 – Lois Benson, Stephen Burand, James William Kirkland
  • ECUA Dist. 4 – Stuart Brown, Ryan Fendt, Dale Perkins, Ronald Ward
  • SR Co. Commissioners Dist. 2 – Bob Cole, Claude Duvall, Ronald Scott, Clifton Wheeler
  • SR Co. Commissioners Dist. 4 – Ruth Esser, Mark Goode, Gordon Goodin, Jim Melvin
  • SR Co. School Board Dist. 1 – Dale Anderson, Sheperd Iverson, Diane Scott
  • SR Co. School Board Dist. 3 – Carol Boston, Mary Diane Coleman
  • SR Co. School Board Dist. 5 – Scott Peden, Thomas Naile

Wednesday, August 11

  • Okaloosa Co. Sheriff’s Office – Larry Ashley, William Rick Hord, Ronald Livingston, Steven Menchel, William Patterson, Tony Taylor, Robert Thacker, Brian Sparling
  • Okaloosa Co. Commissioners Dist. 2 – David Parisot, Elaine Tucker
  • Okaloosa Co. Commissioners Dist. 4 – Don Amunds
  • Okaloosa Co. School Board Dist. 3 – Paul Wendel Brock, Rodney Walker
  • Okaloosa Co. School Board Dist. 5 – Howard Hill, Melissa Thrush

“Rally 2010” is co-sponsored by WSRE and the League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area and Okaloosa County. The purpose of “Rally 2010” is to give citizens an unbiased look at the candidates vying to represent them and learn where they stand on the important issues that affect them. WSRE provides the program as a public service and encourages all citizens to participate in exercising their constitutional right to vote.

Comments

One Response to “Learn About Candidates In WSRE Series”

  1. Christopher McMahon on August 9th, 2010 1:23 pm

    I do not see any information on the 1st Circuit judges. Usually the judicial contests are the hardest to obtain information on. It would be extremely useful to the public for some type of information or dialogue in order to choose a candidate.