MEREDITH — On Wednesday, Jan. 10, the Belknap County Democrats will present a roundtable forum with the six Democratic candidates for New Hampshire Congressional District 1, the seat currently held by Carol Shea-Porter. The forum will take place at the Meredith Community Center at One Circle Drive in Meredith, with refreshments at 5:30 p.m. and the forum from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be six tables for the public, and the candidates will rotate from table to table, each having six 10-minute conversations.
The candidates are: Mark MacKenzie, former Manchester firefighter, former NH AFL-CIO president, currently a state representative from Hillsborough; Mindi Messmer, a scientist with her own environmental consulting firm, currently a state representative from Rye; Terence O’Rourke, Rochester City Attorney, Bronze Star Iraq veteran, former prosecutor in Rockingham and Carroll counties; Chris Pappas, owner and manager of a restaurant in Manchester, former state representative for two terms, currently on the New Hampshire Executive Council; Lincoln Soldati, former Strafford County Attorney, former mayor of Somersworth, Army veteran; and Maura Sullivan, U.S. Marine Corps Iraq veteran, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
The public is invited to meet the candidates and join the Belknap County Democrats at this roundtable discussion.
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