Democratic Candidates for the State House and Senate in Legislative District 28 (LD 28) have been invited to attend a “Meet the Candidates” public forum:

Date: Sunday, February 21
Time: 4 to 6 p.m.
Place: St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. 3rd St. (west of Alvernon Way)

Five State House hopefuls (for 2 seats) have been invited to attend, and each will speak for 10 minutes, followed by an informal session to answer questions:

– incumbent LD 28 State House Rep. Steve Farley, in office since 2007, artist, www.friendsofarley.com

– Ted Prezelski, LD 28 house candidate in 2008 & former Democratic party officer, blogsite host of “Rum, Romanism & Rebellion” (and brother of former LD 29 State House Rep. Tom Prezelski), www.prezelskiforarizona.org.

– Mohur Sidhwa, former Democratic party officer, businesswoman, www.mohur2010.com

– Tim Sultan, candidate in CD 8 U.S. House in 2004, financial negotiator, www.timsultan.com

– Bruce Wheeler, former LD 13 House Rep. (1974 – 76), former 2 term Ward 1 Tucson City Councilmember (1987 to 1995), retired businessman, photographer, www.Wheeler2010.com

There are 2 Democratic State Senate hopefuls in LD 28 (one seat), and they are involved with this particular forum as well (news update since February 17, 3 p.m)

–incumbent LD 28 State Senator Paula Aboud, in office since January 2006, property manager

– Dr. Ted Downing, former LD 28 State House Representative who served 2 terms (2003 to 2007), UA research professor of social development, www.ted-downing.com (UPDATE, see 5/12/10 blog here).

For more information about LD 28: http://www.pimadems.org/LD-28/index.html from the Pima County Democratic Party website.

Attend this Feb. 21st forum to meet and greet these candidates for the State House and Senate of Arizona, to be decided in the August 24 primary.

Ken Smalley, who ran for Pima County Treasurer in 1992 and for Tucson City Council against Molly McKasson in 1993 as a Libertarian, has filed to run as a Republican for an LD 28 House seat. (Thanks to AZBlueMeanie–whoever he is–at Blog for Arizona for this info as I’m not currently up to date on the Republican Party candidates).

UPDATE: for info on an LD 28 House candidates’ debate, click here for 3/19/10 event:

This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 8:23 am and is filed under Life, Politics. Tags for this post: Arizona state house of representatives, Arizona state senate, Blog for Arizona, Bruce Wheeler, Community, Ken Smalley, LD 28, LD 28 Democrats, Mohur Sidhwa, Paula Aboud, Pima County Democratic Party, Pima County Republican Party, primary election, St. Mark's Presbyterian church, Steve Farley, Ted Downing, Ted Prezelski, Tim Sultan, Tom Prezelski. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.