Candidate Forums

Candidate Forums

2025 Candidate Forums

LWVCA is committed to providing fair, nonpartisan candidate forums that are available in full to the general public. For more candidate and ballot information, visit vote411.org and enter your address to build your personalized voters' guide.

Virtual candidate forums will be livestreamed on our YouTube Channel. The recorded video will be available there immediately, and posted shortly afterwards on this page. 

2025 Candidate Forums

October 7: Mt Pleasant Town Council

This forum will be held at the Mt Pleasant Municipal Complex from 6:00-8:00pm. Julian Young will moderate. All city council candidates for the four open seats have been invited. LWVCA has partnered with East Cooper Arts Advocates for this forum. Save your seat here!

October 9: Charleston City Council

This forum will be held at the Circular Congregational Church at 150 Meeting St, downtown Charleston. Raphael James will moderate. All city council candidates have been invited. LWVCA has partnered with LINKS, Inc for this forum. Save your seat here!

October 13: Isle of Palms City Council

This forum will be held at the IOP Exchange Club, 201 Palm Blvd, from 6:00-7:30pm. Warren Peper will moderate. All city council candidates will be invited. LWVCA has partnered with the Isle of Palms Chamber of Commerce for this forum. Save your seat here!

October 15: Folly Beach City Council

This forum will be held at the Tides Hotel, 1 Center Street, from 6:00-7:30 pm. All candidates for the three open seats will be invited. LWVCA has partnered with the Folly Beach Civic Club for this forum. Save your seat here!

October 16: Folly Beach Mayor

This forum will be held at the Tides Hotel, 1 Center Street, from 6:00-7:30 pm. LWVCA has partnered with the Folly Beach Civic Club for this forum. Save your seat here!

October 20: James Island City Council

This forum will be held at James Island Town Hall, 1122 Dills Bluff Road, from 6:00-8:00pm. All candidates for the two open seats will be invited. Save your seat here!

Additional Community Forums

These forums are not sponsored by the LWVCA but are non-partisan forums that are open to the public. 

October 21, Summerville Town Council

This forum will be held at Faith Sellers Senior Center, 312 North Laurel St. This forum will be for the three candidates vying for your vote in District 1. (Dorchester Chamber of Commerce, Summerville Journal Scene)

Read The Post and Courier's editorial about our 2020 Candidate Forums

Co-Sponsoring our Candidate Forums

We welcome the opportunity to work with community organizations as cosponsors. To maintain the integrity of our candidate forums, we adhere to our candidate forum policy, which includes a specific format and maintaining strict nonpartisanship. If you are interested in working together to present a forum, please contact us at vote [at] lwvcharleston.org about a partnership.