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The candidates will take questions from audience members. |
SUNY Fredonia will host a debate between New York State Assembly candidates Nancy Bargar and Andrew Goodell on Tuesday, Oct. 12 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in Room W101 of Thompson Hall on the SUNY Fredonia campus.
All members of the campus as well as the community at large are welcome to attend and are encouraged to bring issues and concerns to this town hall-style debate in which the candidates will answer questions directly from the audience.
Submit questions for the candidates in advance via email to David Rankin by Monday, Oct 11.
The candidates are competing for the 150th district seat which has been held for 28 years by retiring incumbent William L. Parment. Assemblyman Parment was first elected in 1982 and is serving out his 14th term.
Democratic candidate Nancy Bargar represented the Lakewood area for 10 years in the Chautauqua County Legislature. She has worked as a news reporter and in radio and is a small business owner. She is a founding member of the Jamestown AM Rotary Club and has served as a director on the boards of the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, Chautauqua Institution, and Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, as well as the Jamestown Community College Board of Trustees.
Republican candidate Andrew Goodell served for eight years as Chautauqua County Executive. He is the managing partner of a law firm in Jamestown. He is a founding member and current board member of the Chautauqua Leadership Network, a board member for Bemus Bay Pops, a co-chair of the United Way professional division, a past president of Jamestown Noon Rotary, and former president of the SUNY Fredonia Business Administration and Accounting Advisory Board
The debate will be moderated by Dr. David Rankin, associate professor and chair of the Political Science department at SUNY Fredonia. It is sponsored by the Department of Political Science and SUNY Fredonia students participating in the American Democracy Project (ADP), a multi-campus nationwide initiative focused on higher education’s role in an informed, engaged citizenry for our democracy. It is coordinated through the civic engagement efforts of the campus’ FACE (Fredonia Academic Community Engagement) Center.
