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Crusade for Voters to hold candidates forum Sunday

5/1/2015, 10:32 a.m. | Updated on 5/1/2015, 4:32 p.m.
The Richmond Crusade for Voters is hosting a public forum for candidates vying for the Democratic Party nomination in four …

The Richmond Crusade for Voters is hosting a public forum for candidates vying for the Democratic Party nomination in four area state House and Senate districts.

The forum will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at Hobson Lodge, 801 Prince Hall Drive.

Democratic candidates running in the June 9 primary in the 10th and 16th Senate districts, and the 69th and 74th House districts have been invited.

They are by district:

16th Senate — Incumbent Sen. Rosalyn Dance and Delegate Joseph Preston.

10th Senate — Emily Francis, a nonprofit consultant on environmental, public health and consumer issues; Daniel A. Gecker, a lawyer and two-term member of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors; and Alexander B. McMurtrie Jr., an attorney and former member of the House of Delegates.

74th House — Stephen R. Adkins, chief of the Chickahominy Indian tribe; Henrico School Board member Lamont Bagby; and the Rev. Leonidas B. “Lee” Young II, former Richmond mayor.

69th House — Incumbent Delegate Betsy B. Carr and Richmond businessman Preston Brown.

The forum is open to the public.

Details: Keith Hicks, (804) 869-3032 or KHicksceo1@gmail.com.