A list of town halls with municipal election candidates

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Sept. 15.

Election season is ramping up again — this time in the City of Fayetteville’s mayoral and city council races.

Ten people are running for mayor. There’s also a race to elect city council members for each of the city’s nine districts.

To help voters get to know the candidates running in Fayetteville’s elections, organizations are hosting town halls and similar events leading up to Election Day on Nov. 4. Here’s a list.

Upcoming events

Fayetteville Freedom For All, a local grassroots activism organization, is hosting a town hall series in partnership with Common Cause NC and Democracy NC, organizations that advocate for democracy. The first was Aug. 14. The next ones are Sept. 25 and Oct. 21. Details for its upcoming town halls:

• 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 at Kiwanis Recreational Center. This event will pose questions informed by the first town hall to primary election candidates in the Fayetteville mayoral and city council races.
• Oct. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at a yet-to-be-determined location. The event will ask questions of the general election candidates for Fayetteville mayor and city council.

More information on the town hall series is available on Common Cause’s website.

The Greater Fayetteville Chamber will hold its forum of general election candidates for Fayetteville mayoral and city council races on Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

Moderated by members of CityView, The Fayetteville Observer and Up & Coming Weekly, candidates will be asked about the most pressing issues reporters and community members see every day. 

More information about the forum is on the Greater Fayetteville Chamber’s Facebook page.

Past Events

The Fayetteville State University College Democrats have scheduled a mayoral candidates forum and mixer for the Fayetteville City Council elections on Sunday, Sept. 14, in Seabrook Auditorium on the college’s Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. (It had previously been scheduled to take place in the student center.)

A chat with candidates mix-and-mingle starts at 2 p.m., and the forum at 3 p.m. Voters and candidates will have time to chat afterward.

Fayetteville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Candidates Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16 the Crown Expo Center, 1960 Coliseum Drive, Fayetteville.

This event is coupled with the sorority’s back-to-school Gotcha Back Backpack Giveaway and HBCU College Fair Experience.

A flyer says the event includes free food, opportunities to talk to the election candidates, information about college admissions, backpacks with school supplies for kids, games and bounce houses.

Fayetteville Freedom For All held its first of three events Aug. 14 at Crossroads Church, 306 McArthur Road, Fayetteville. Attendees asked questions and raise concerns about life in Fayetteville. The comments are to inform questions asked to candidates at future events. Candidates were invited to attend and listen in.

The Cumberland County Democrat Party and Cumberland County Republican Party are jointly hosting Fayetteville City Council candidate forums on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7. These are for races with primaries on Oct. 7. — District 1, District 2, District 7, District 8 and District 9.

September 6: District 2, , 1:45 p.m.; District 7, 3 p.m.; and District 9, 4:15 p.m. Cumberland County Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane.

September 7: District 1, 2:30 p.m.; District 8, 3:45 p.m. Cumberland County North Regional Library, 855 McArthur Road.

The Friends of Haymount nonprofit organization is holding a Candidate Day for the Fayetteville mayoral election and the District 2 an District 5 seats on the Fayetteville City Council. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 9, at Highland Presbyterian Church, 111 Highland Ave.