2022 General Election Candidate Forums

Also available: archived 2022 Primary Election forums.

WFSU Public Media, with partners the League of Women Voters of Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Democrat, will host virtually-streamed candidate forums in advance of the 2022 General Election. Our goal is to help inform voters about the current candidates for local and state office.

Qualified candidates for the following contested races will participate. All times are U.S. Eastern.

• MONDAY, October 10, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Leon County Commission, At Large Group 2
  Josh Johnson, Nick Maddox
• MONDAY, October 10, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  Leon County Commission, District 2
  Christian Caban, Hannah Crow
• TUESDAY, October 11, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Leon County Commission, District 5
  Paula DeBoles Johnson, David T. O’Keefe
• WEDNESDAY, October 19, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  Leon County School Board, District 4
  Laurie Lawson Cox, Alexander L Stemle
• TUESDAY, October 18, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  State Representative, District 8
  Curt Bender, Gallop P. Franklin
• TUESDAY, October 18, 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm (30 minutes)
  US House of Representatives
  Al Lawson. Neal Dunn REFUSED/EMPTY SEAT*
• WEDNESDAY, October 19, 11:00 pm - 12:00 pm
  Leon County School Board, District 4
  Laurie Lawson Cox. Alexander L. Stemle
• WEDNESDAY, October 19, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  Tallahassee City Commission, Seat 4/Mayor
  John E. Dailey. Kristin Elizabeth Dozier

*Cory Simon and Neal Dunn were invited and declined to participate in the candidate forums. Loranne Ausley and Al Lawson, both Democratic Party nominees, accepted their invitations. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization and will not participate in forums where only one of the candidates will participate. The Tallahassee Democrat newspaper and WFSU Public Media will solely host these two forums.

During the forums, candidates will answer questions from the moderators and the public, who can pose questions via Facebook for the moderators to ask. The forums will be streamed LIVE on WFSU's website (https://live.wfsu.org), Facebook, and YouTube channel.

Forums will be archived for later viewing and abbreviated versions will be replayed on WFSU-FM in the days following the event.