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Candidates for 5th Congressional District Seat
Will Answer your Questions Sept. 7
August 26,
2010—A public forum for candidates seeking party
nominations in Maryland’s 5th Congressional
District for the seat currently held by Steny
Hoyer will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday,
September 7, at Auerbach Auditorium in St.
Mary’s Hall at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
All four Republican and three Democratic
candidates on the ballot for the September 14
primary have been invited.
Voters may
submit questions to candidates either during the
evening's program or in advance by e-mailing
question to
arlyons@smcm.edu with Candidate Question in
the subject line. Though the forum will be
limited to 5th Congressional District
candidates, which covers Southern Maryland, as
well as portions of Prince George’s and Anne
Arundel counties, all local candidates are
invited to "meet and greet" the public and to
offer campaign literature on the grounds of St.
Mary’s Hall prior to the forum.
The forum is
sponsored by the college’s Center for the Study
of Democracy and the St. Mary’s County branch of
the NAACP.
The Center for
the Study of Democracy was founded as a joint
initiative of St. Mary's College of Maryland and
its partner institution, Historic St. Mary's
City, the site of Maryland's first capital. The
Center provides a forum for presentations by
government officials, journalists, and scholars,
and encourages and supports public participation
in political processes. You can learn more about
the Center by visiting
www.smcm.edu/democracy or by following the
Center on Facebook
www.facebook.com/SMCMDemocracy.
The mission of
the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People is to ensure the political,
educational, social, and economic equality of
rights of all persons and to eliminate racial
hatred and racial discrimination. The St. Mary's
County Branch was chartered in January of 1946.
You can learn more about the St. Mary’s County
branch by visiting
www.stmarysnaacp.org.
For information, contact
arlyons@smcm.edu or 240-895-6432.
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