SEQUIM — Talk radio host Mike Siegel of Seattle will moderate a legislative forum highlighting seven candidates for the 24th Legislative District on Monday.
The forum — hosted by Concerned Citizens of Clallam County, or FourC — will start at 7 p.m. at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula at 400 Fir St.
Siegel hosted the nationally synidacted radio program “Coast-to-Coast,” according to his website, www.mikesiegel.com.
He has appeared on such television programs as “Oprah,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” “Politically Incorrect,” “Geraldo” and “Fox News Sunday.”
The 24th District covers Clallam and Jefferson counties and part of Grays Harbor County. Two positions are open in the upcoming election.
Candidates
Position No. 1 incumbent Democrat Kevin Van De Wege of Sequim, a firefighter and paramedic, will be challenged in the Aug. 17 primary by Port Ludlow Republican Craig Dorgan, a business owner, and Port Angeles Republican Dan Gase, a real estate broker.
The Position No. 2 seat is a two-year position being vacated by retiring Democratic state Rep. Lynn Kessler, D-Hoquiam.
Steve Tharinger, Jack Dwyer, Jim McEntire and Larry Carter will face off in the primary. Tharinger is a Democratic Clallam County commissioner from Sequim.
Dwyer, a Montesano Democrat, is a chiropractor who serves in an unpaid position on the Montesano School Board.
McEntire, a Sequim Republican, is a retired Coast Guard captain and first-term Port of Port Angeles commissioner.
Carter, a Port Ludlow Republican, is a retired Navy command master chief petty officer.
Each candidate will be given the opportunity to present a platform. A question-and-answer period will follow, with presubmitted questions, said Pat Tenhulzen of FourC.
For more information about the organization, see www.newsocialcontract.com.
