Washington County residents can hear from candidates running for county and state offices during an event hosted by the Washington Chamber of Commerce next week.

A candidate forum will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25th at the Washington Area Performing Arts & Events Center. Candidates expected to attend are Republicans Marcus Fedler and Bill Poch for County Board of Supervisors District 3, Republican Dawn Driscoll and Democrat Kevin Kinney for State Senate District 46, Republicans Heather Hora and Jaron Rosien and Democrat Ty Bopp for State Representative District 92, and Republicans Dawn Fall-Hayes and Teresa Mangold for County Recorder. Candidates will be asked questions given by the chamber and the audience. Absentee voting begins Wednesday, May 18th at the Washington County Auditor’s Office for the June 7th primary election, and the deadline to file a request for a mailed absentee ballot is 5 p.m. Monday, May 23rd.