The League of Women Voters of New Castle is committed to facilitating voter education. As part of our mission, we aim to coordinate nonpartisan candidate forums to introduce voters to the candidates on their ballots and to have candidates answer questions on topics of interest identified in advance by community members. LWVNC issues invitations to candidates of contested races in our area of coverage to participate in a virtual or, where possible, in person candidate forum. Resources permitting, LWVNC will also attempt to arrange candidate forums for contested races in neighboring communities and districts that are not covered by a local league. To ensure that all residents have the ability to have their areas of concern addressed, questions are solicited in advance and compiled by a questions committee to cover as many topics as interest as possible in the time available. To ensure the nonpartisan nature of the forum, the forum is run by a League trained moderator who is not a voter in the race being covered.
For the 2025 fall election season, LWVNC held candidate forums for Westchester County Legislator District 4 and the Town of Pound Ridge Town Supervisor and Town Board Members. Links to view these forums can be found below. For details on other candidate forums throughout Westchester, including a forum for the Westchester County Executive, please visit the LWV Westchester website candidate forum page.
Westchester County Legislator District 4
The League of Women Voters of New Castle held a candidate forum for the candidates for Westchester County Legislator District 4 on October 22. The recording of this forum can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPeoNN6ZdEQ
Westchester County Executive
The League of Women Voters of Westchester held a candidate forum for the candidates for Westchester County Executive. The recording can be viewed online.
Pound Ridge Town Supervisor and Town Board Members
LWV New Castle sponsored a candidate forum for our neighbors in the Town of Pound Ridge. Both candidates for the Pound Ridge Town Supervisor position, Kevin Hansan and John McCown, and three of the four candidates for the two open Town Board Member positions, Peter Avellino, Diane Briggs and Daniel Paschkes, participated. To view the recording of this forum, use this link.
