Republican Sen. John McCain and congressional candidate David Schweikert will hold a joint town hall 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, in the gymnasium at Fountain Hills High School, 16100 E. Palisades Blvd.
The event is sponsored by the Fountain Hills tea party, but the public is invited.
McCain faces Democratic former Tucson City Council member Rodney Glassman in the general election. Schweikert, a former state House member and Maricopa County treasurer, faces two-term incumbent Rep. Harry Mitchell, a popular Democrat and former mayor of Tempe, in Congressional District 5, which comprises Tempe, Scottsdale and Fountain Hills.
AZ Politics posted at 1:33 pm on Thu, Sep 2, 2010.
I have been to several forums held by the Fountain Hills Tea Party they have always been run in a professional manner giving the audiance ample opportunity to ask questions to the individual candidates.
I also appreciate that both candidates will make themselves available at the same time, this should be interesting when one doesn't agree with the other...
Maybe a little fireworks show, one can only hope.[smile]
Scottsdale1776 posted at 10:15 pm on Thu, Sep 2, 2010.
I like the idea of face to face exposure with our candidates.
I attended a Fountain Hills Tea Party event with other candidates before the primary. It was very open. Anyone - member or not - who wanted to ask a question was given a mic and could ask the candidate directly.
This is a great opportunity. If you want to know these candidates better, I strongly encourage going.
AZ Libertarian posted at 11:20 am on Fri, Sep 3, 2010.
I have been to a number of Tea Party events around the valley and I must say the two candidate forums organized by the Fountain Hills Tea Party were the best format I've seen.
They encourage a lot of audience participation and seem pretty neutral about specific candidates.
I'm looking forward to this Town Hall in Fountain Hills and strongly suggest all my fellow Az residents come out to see, hear, and query David Schweikert and John McCain.
I am not a Republican, but these Tea Party events really do focus more on issues that transcend L/R politics.