Candidate Forums

Candidate Forums

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 here. The recorded video will be available there immediately, and posted shortly afterwards on this page.

2025 Candidate Forums

SC House District 113 Virtual Forum |  January 9, 2025, 6:30 PM

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League of Women Voters Charleston Area will host a virtual candidate forum for the candidates running for State House District 113. This is for the special election necessitated by the resignation of former Democratic Rep. Marvin Pendarvis.  

All three candidates will participate: Michelle Brandt (D), Kim Clark (D), and Courtney Waters (D).

The Democratic primary will be held on January 21, 2025 (with early voting from January 6 to 17th), and the general election will follow on March 25, 2025.  

2024 Candidate Forums 

 Dorchester County State House, County Council, and Sheriff Forums | October 22, 5:30 PM

Part 1: SC House Seats 98, 102, and 114; Part 2: Dorchester County Council District 6 and Dorchester County Sheriff

In partnership with Dorchester County/Greater Summerville Chamber of Commerce
Amanda Redick, Vice Chair, Public Policy, Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce will moderate.

You can read a summary of this forum here.

Charleston County School Board Forum | October 9, 6:30 PM

Candidates for seats in CCSD Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 participated.

In partnership with The Links Incorporated; National Panhellenic Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; NCNW; and the NAACP Charleston Branch
You can view the recording here. 

Dorchester District Two School Board Forum | October 10, 6:30 PM

In partnership with Dorchester County/Greater Summerville Chamber of Commerce and the Summerville Journal Scene.
You can view the recording here. 

9th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Virtual Forum | September 19, 6:30 PM

The two candidates, David Osborne (D) and Scarlett A. Wilson (R-incumbent), participated in this forum. 
You can view the recording here. 

Charleston County Council District 7 Virtual Forum | September 25, 6:30 PM

Participating candidates are Brantley Moody (R-incumbent) and Sydney van Bulck (D).
You can view the recording here.
 
School board elections will be held in November; we co-hosted a forum to highlight the importance of voting in the school board races, and how voters can evaluate which candidates will best represent them and their community. The recording is available here.
 

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.