Record Number of Local Candidate Events Offered by the League
This election season there are large numbers of candidates running for local government positions.
This local enthusiasm for people offering to run for office has led to candidate events being offered in various sized and geographically spread out municipalities--Maiden, Conover and Hickory. (Newton has 9 candidates vying for three Council seats. See details below.)
Events will take two formats—Meet the Candidates and a Candidate Forum. In the first, citizens are welcome to come, stroll around the room and talk to the candidates informally and personally. In the forum, there will be a moderator and the opportunity for the candidates to respond to questions for the group. All candidates in these races have been invited to attend.
Maiden, Meet the Candidates
Monday, October 6, 5:30-7:00
Maiden Recreation Department, 207 East Klutz Street, Maiden, NC 28656. The building is at the top of the hill—at the crossing of Bob Smyre Ave and E Klutz St.
Mayor: Two candidates
Town Council: Seven candidates for three seats
Conover, Meet the Candidates
Thursday, October 9, 5:30-7:00
NC Works Career Center, 403 Conover Station Southeast, Conover, NC 28613. Enter from the back parking lot.
Town Council: 2 candidates running for one unexpired seat; 6 candidates running for two seats on Council
Hickory, Candidate Forum
Tuesday, October 14, 6-7:30
Patrick Beaver Memorial Library, 375 3rd St NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Mayor: Two candidates
Town Council: Two candidates for Ward 5
(Two uncontested seats will also be on the ballot.)
In Newton, there are 9 candidates running for 3 Council seats. There will be a Newton City Council Candidate Forum hosted by The Newton Forum Committee on Saturday, October 11, 2025 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM at the Newton Branch of the Catawba County Library System in the community meeting room on the ground floor.
60 seconds below that show what mayors and council members do.
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