Candidate forum planned tonight

A candidate forum, sponsored by Business West, neighborhood associations and Kansas City Kansas Community College, is planned at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Upper Jewell Building, KCKCC, 7250 State Ave.

The forum is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Candidates for contested races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state representative, judge and district attorney have been invited. The primary election is Aug. 2.

After a brief introduction by each candidate, there will be questions and answers from a panel of journalists and neighborhood leaders. It is not a debate format.

After the forum, the candidate forum will be shown on the college’s community access channel. It is Channel 17 on Time Warner cable and Channel 146 on Google TV.