2020 Fall Candidate Forums - for November 3rd General Election

The League of Women Voters of Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, Hopkins will host three candidate forums this fall. These will be recorded without a live audience, and broadcast live and repeatedly on community cable and streaming video. The public is invited to submit questions in advance using the online submission form below. Submit as many questions as you wish. Questions may be consolidated at the candidate forum in order to cover as many topics as possible in the time allotted.
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​Eden Prairie City Council: 7 PM, Thursday, September 24, 2020
Senate District 48 and House Districts 48A & B: 7 PM, Thursday, October 1, 2020
Eden Prairie School District : 7 PM, Wednesday, October 7, 2020

    Candidate Forum Question Submission
Additional information for Voters: See below for information about each race, and the candidate forum video which will be posted when available. Early Voting by mail is open from September 18 through November 2, and General Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Information on how to request an absentee ballot  to vote by mail is available at the Minnesota Secretary of State website https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/other-ways-to-vote/.
Candidate filings, which include their websites and contact information, can be found at the Minnesota Secretary of State website, https://candidates.sos.state.mn.us/.
Hennepin County District 6 Commissioner - The candidate forum was recorded on Thursday, June 18, 2020 for the primary election. The winners from the August 10th primary, who will be on the November 3rd General Election Ballot are Chris LaTondresse and Dario Anselmo. Click the video link to hear their views on the issues.
Senate District 48 and House Districts 48A and 48B - This district includes Eden Prairie and southern Minnetonka, shown in pale yellow on the map. The candidates for SD 48 Senate are Steve Cwodzinski (D) and Jeff Jang (R). The candidates for HD 48A are Eric Wessels (R) and Laurie Pryor (D). The candidates for HD 48B are Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (D) and Holly Link (R). The candidate forum for these seats will be on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 PM, broadcast live on EPTV and streaming video, and rebroadcast repeatedly until November 3rd. The video will be posted here.
Eden Prairie School District #272 - The candidates for three seats on the Eden Prairie School District Board are Maryam Abdi, Beth Fletcher, Tony Morimoto, Francesca Pagan-Umar, Kim Ross and C. J. Strehl. The candidate forum for these seats will be on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 7 PM, broadcast live on EPTV and streaming video, and rebroadcast repeatedly until November 3rd. The video will be posted here.
Eden Prairie City Council - The candidates for two seats on the Eden Prairie City Council are Ryan Miske, PG Narayanan and Lisa Toomey. The candidate forum for these seats will be on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 7 PM, broadcast live on EPTV and streaming video, and rebroadcast repeatedly until November 3rd. The video will be posted here.