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The LWV of MD candidate forums for the 2026 Frederick County General election.
Our Vote411 website is live, with current information for the candidates who answered our invitation to post their information for you. Find that at www.Vote411.org.
All forums are live streamed to our YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@frederickcountylwv313/streams)
Here is a list of our forums from this year, with the link to that forum from our YouTube page.
US House of Reprentatives D6: Candidates: Robin Ficker, R, Moshe Y. Landman, Green. April Delaney declined our invitation. October 21, 6:30 pm
County Council D4: Candidates: Kavonte Duckett, Chaz Packan. September 9, 6:00 pm. https://youtu.be/yUOB6jxEvqo?t=9.
County Council D3: Candidates: Christian Benford, Tammie Baugher. September 10, 6:30 pm. https://youtu.be/NjeXTIoRLFI?t=5.
County Council D5: Candidates: Mason Carter and Johnny Mercer. Monday, September 14 at 6:30 pm. https://youtu.be/ON0dzMKtt_E.
County Council At Large: Candidates: Renee Knapp, D, Jack Felton, R, Diane Fouche, R. Tiffany Grant had prior commitment. September 23 at 6:00 pm. https://youtu.be/_WM1wqRzof0?t=70.
School Board: Casey Day, Heather Fletcher, Rae Gallagher, Shelley Potter, Dean Rose, Geoffrey Seidel, Tyler Walker, Chad King Wilson, Sr. September 29, 7:00 pm. https://youtu.be/-d3MKZcDXn8?t=35.
County Executive: Jessica Fitzwater, William J. Holtzinger. October 6, 7:00 pm. https://youtu.be/KdjNEJh0NMs?t=46.
State Delegate District 3, Kris Fair, Ken Kerr, and Karen Simpson. The Republican candidates declined our invitation. October 15, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/live/NaV3r-nYjUU?si=XEAOL5lWm0yC0I6X&t=18
State Delegate District 4: Jerry Donald, D, Andrew Duck, D, Alleria Stanley, D. The Republican candidates declined our invitation. October 15, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/live/lgt0oYWNCwo?si=kLbtm86rbCOeFPTA&t=22
Thank you to the Carroll County League of Women Voters and the Community Media Center for these videos of the forum for these candidates:
State Senate District 5: Candidates: Gary Foote, D, Justin Ready, R. https://www.youtube.com/live/FxD81RBaLB8?si=EQaVKDU9o1ClWPvM&t=10
State Representative Delegate D5: Dayana Bergman, D Alison Rudolph, D, April R. Rose, R, Chris Tomlinson, R, Steve Whisler, R. Candidate Courtney Alexa Welch, D, did not respond to the invitation to participate. https://www.youtube.com/live/HCO-DwbSlcc?si=kdMRGIGspwaZXTop&t=30.
These forums were cancelled because we did not have more than one candidate accepting our invitation.
County Council D1: Cancelled – Republican candidate unavailable. Candidates: Louisa Conklin, D, Frank Hollewa, R.
County Council D2: Cancelled – Republican candidate unavailable. Candidates: Jamie Shopland, D, Dan Iampieri, R.
Sheriff: Karl Bickel, D, Chuck Jenkins, R. Cancelled - Both candidates declined invitation.
State Senate District 4: Cancelled - Candidates: Lara Westdrop, William "Bill" Folden. Mr. Folden declined our invitation.
State Senate District 3 Forum: Cancelled - Karen Lewis Young, D, Shelley Alloi, R. Ms. Aloi did not respond to our request to reschedule the forum to a new date.
Like the Voters' Guide we produce, if a candidate does not respond to our invitation to provide you with answers to questions, we cannot make them. Where that leaves us with only one candidate, having a forum for the remaining candidate may be percieved as partisan.
However, we are committed to helping voters find information. We have asked in our invitations for any information a candidate can provide us with a link to a recorded forum that they would like our voters to see. We are also searching for such links ourselves. We will share those links whether the producers are nonpartisan nonprofits or not. If you have any such information about recordings, please send the links to lwvoffc [at] gmail.com.
