Milwaukee neighborhood groups to host candidate forums | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Meredith Melland
March 12, 2024
Washington Heights, Amani, Martin Drive and Sherman Park neighborhoods will host forums for Milwaukee Common Council candidates in Districts 6, 7, and 10 this month.
All Common Council seats will be on the April 2 general election ballot, although not all are being contested.
Here’s a list of upcoming candidate forums:
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The Washington Heights Neighborhood Association is hosting a town hall for Richard Geldon and Sharlen Moore, District 10 candidates for Common Council, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at ​​St. Sebastian Parish Church Hall, 5400 W. Washington Blvd.
The Corridor Neighborhoods Collaborative will hold a forum with candidates running for city comptroller, Milwaukee County comptroller, Circuit Court judge and District 6 alderperson at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at COA Goldin Center, 2320 W. Burleigh St.
Rochelle Johnson-Bent and state Rep. Marisabel Cabrera, judicial candidates for Milwaukee County Circuit Court – Branch 43; Milwaukee city comptroller candidates Bill Christianson and Gregory Gracz; Milwaukee County comptroller candidate Michael Harper; and District 6 aldermanic candidate Brandon Payton, who is running against incumbent Ald. Milele Coggs, will be in attendance.
Candidates Jessica Currie and DiAndre Jackson will discuss the issues at a District 7 forum hosted by the Sherman Park Community Association and the NAACP Milwaukee Branch from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 3456 N. 38th St.
Martin Drive Neighborhood Association will hold a forum with Geldon and Moore from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 23, at Washington Park Media Center, 4303 W. Vliet St.
Voters can submit questions in advance using this Google Form.
Meredith Melland is the neighborhoods reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service and a corps member of Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America plays no role in editorial decisions in the NNS newsroom.