Joe Tegerdine - Candidate for U.S. Congress Fourth District
The Marion County Informer is sponsoring a Congressional candidate forum to be held May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Second Street Bean, 321 2nd St. Columbia. The public is invited.
The forum will feature Fourth District Congressional candidate Joe Tegerdine of Petal expressing his views on various national issues. The Fourth Congressional District includes Columbia.
Tegerdine’s opponent in the June 1 Republican primary, Steven Palazzo of Biloxi, was invited to attend the forum as well but declined due to scheduling issues. The Marion County Informer has asked the Palazzo campaign to produce an alternate date to visit Columbia.
The winner of the June 1 primary between Tegerdine and Palazzo will face incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor in the November general election.
The format of the candidate forum will include 20 minutes of questions from moderator Josh Mitchell, who is the publisher of the Marion County Informer, and the remaining time will be devoted to questions from the audience.
“The Marion County Informer does not endorse any political party or candidate but simply wants to provide a forum for the public to become informed about the Congressional candidates,” Informer Publisher Mitchell said. “With the current political climate in Washington and the furor over health care reform, mid-term elections are at the forefront as Republicans try to take back control of Congress.”
Good for the Informer!I believe it is important for voters to meet and greet the candidates from whom ONE will RePRESeNT us in DC
Wow. A real journalist is going to ask real candidates questions! How cool is that. Way to go Josh.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the citizens of Marion County. I hope everyone will take advantage of being able voice concerns and opinions. The Informer is providing yet another valuable service for its readers!
Not a surprise. The Informer seems to be a mouthpiece for Joe anyway.
Mouthpiece for Tegerdine??? The other candidate was invited and declined. Hardly any bias there… except maybe the other candidate’s bias for the bigger counties. Coastal candidates have never paid much attention to us anyway… why would we expect it to be different now?
Every article about Joe on the Informer reads like a press release.
Cool as long as some challenging questions will be asked, and not just softballs that allow the candidate to go off on a Republican talking point campaign.
wonder if Josh would be willing to tell us if the questions are approved by the candidate in advance????
No. The questions will not be approved by the candidate in advance.