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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

GOP congressional candidates forum is July 17

AZ 1st Congressional District GOP Candidates Forum Agenda

July 17, 2010
Payson High School
Gila County GOP host

12:30 p.m. Registration desk opens

2 p.m. CALL TO ORDER
Invocation The Rev. Fr. Lowell Andrews, Rector, Church of the Holy Nativity
Troop the Colors Gila Civil Air Patrol
Pledge of Allegiance Clark Dierks, Coconino County Chair
General Welcome Jeff Loyd, Gila County Chair
Recognize honored guests Jeff Loyd, Gila County Chair
Welcome CD1 Candidates Jeff Loyd, Gila County Chair
(Bradley Beauchamp, Rusty Bowers, Paul Gosar, Sydney Hay, Joe Jaraczewski, Jon Jensen, Steve Mehta, Thomas J. Zaleski)
Oath of Office Becky Nutt, Greenlee County Chair
Mayor’s Greeting Kenny Evans, Mayor of Payson
Moderator’s ground rules Marty Hermanson, Pinal County Chair
(Collecting grass roots questions, respecting time limits, timing alerts, selection of speaking sequence)

2:30 p.m. PROGRAM
Opening Statements (5 minutes each) in order selected by the Moderator

3:15 p.m. STRETCH BREAK

3:30 p.m. Forum reconvened
Marty Hermanson, Pinal County Chair
Question and answer period begins. Five questions will be asked in the order of questions and responses selected by the Moderator. Each candidate has just 2 minutes to respond to each question in each round.
After each question is first asked, a one-minute pause allows the first candidate to get his or her thoughts together. When the last candidate has responded, the next question will be asked, followed by a one-minute pause for the first response. Repeated until each candidate has responded to the last question.

5 p.m. Closing statements
(2 minutes each) in order selected by Moderator.

5:20 p.m. Closing comments
Jeff Loyd, Gila County Chair

5:25 p.m. Benediction
The Rev. Fr. Lowell Andrews, Rector, Church of the Holy Nativity

5:30 p.m. Forum adjourned
Jeff Loyd, Gila County Chair

Candidates move to press holding area, then as called to the press interview area.

Preference scorecards will be tallied after the forum.  Results e-mailed to County Chairs Sunday afternoon.

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