The Leagues of Women Voters of Muncie-Delaware County, Anderson-Madison County, Hamilton County, and Howard County, in partnership with Woof Boom Radio and WXIN/FOX AND WTTV/CBS, will hold a Congressional District 5 Candidate Forum for the public before the 2024 Primary Election.
The Forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 4 in the Anderson High School Auditorium, 4610 S. Madison Ave., Anderson. Park in the North Lot and enter Door 1.
If you can’t attend in person, hear it broadcast Live on four radio stations in the 5th District, as well as streaming audio to websites and social media, and live video streamed on the platforms of WXIN/FOX and WTTV/CBS.
All candidates who had filed by the deadline have been invited. Participating in the forum are Raju Chinthala, Max Engling, Mark Hurt, Patrick Malayter, Matthew Peiffer, Ryan Pfenninger, Lonnie D Powell, Larry L. Savage Jr., and Victoria Spartz.
The moderator for the forum will be Steve Lindell, Vice-President of Programming for Woof Boom Radio. He has been on 104.1 WLBC for 31 years and is the Director of News Operations for the entire East Central Indiana Woof Boom Radio group.
This is a non-partisan event and is being held not to endorse any party, but to help inform and engage the citizens of Indiana Congressional District 5. Campaign handouts, campaign shirts, signs, and buttons are not allowed at the forum.
The forum is free and open to the public. Audience members will be able to submit questions for the moderator to pose to candidates. Questions from the audience will be screened for appropriateness, relevancy, and repetition by League members. As much as possible, the questions will be read as written by the citizen.