On Oct. 24, community members and politicians attended a Meet the Candidates event co-sponsored by OVEC and the Huntington chapter of the NAACP, held at the A.D. Lewis Community Center in Huntington.

The forum attracted candidates running for the House of Delegates, County Commission and the State Senate, including Evan Jenkins, Dr. Tom Scott, Kevin Craig, Dr. Bob Hayes, and Bob Bailey. Huntington councilwoman Brandi Jacobs-Jones hosted the event.

We co-sponsored the forum because voters need to be informed – and political ads sure aren’t informative. We held the event because we care, we count, we vote!