Candidates Forum Scheduled

For Release - October 17, 2008

The University of New Mexico-Gallup has scheduled a candidates’ forum for Friday, October 24, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the Calvin Hall auditorium. Among those invited are candidates for office in Gallup and McKinley County; New Mexico candidates for the U.S. Senate, Steve Pearce and Tom Udall; and candidates for District 3 of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dan East and Ben Ray Lujan.  Also invited are representatives from the headquarters of Obama and McCain campaigns. Organizers plan for the candidates to answer questions in a town meeting-type format. 

For further information, contact Donna Jacobs, instructor in the Business Management and Technology Department, 863-7634, or Dale Mason, political science instructor, 863-7677.