Meet the City Council Candidates at Chamber Forum

With the Simpsonville City Council election just a few weeks away, the Simpsonville Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a special event Tuesday night to allow voters a chance to meet the candidates and ask them questions. 

The free, public event will take place Oct. 15 from 5:30-8 p.m. at Events at Sapphire Creek at 401 North Main Street

The event will include both a moderated question-and-answer session and a meet and greet. During the question-and-answer portion, a moderator will pose 3-4 questions, allowing each candidate exactly two minutes per answer. 

The meet and greet portion will provide time for Simpsonville residents to meet each candidate personally and ask individual questions. 

Candidates will be given an area to display information, as well.

All members of the Simpsonville community are invited to attend.

The non-partisan elections, scheduled for Nov. 5, shake out as follows:

• In Ward 2, incumbent Council member Brown Garret will face challenges from Taylor Graham and Deidre White Odumakinde.

• In Ward 4, incumbent Council member Julius Welborn will face off against Elizabeth Anne Braswell and former Council member James A.R. Fowler, Jr.

• And, in Ward 6, incumbent Council member Sylvia Lockaby faces a challenge from Judy Hunter.

In the first two races, which consist of three candidates, a run-off election will be necessary two weeks later if neither candidate wins a majority of the vote.