Thank you to everyone who attended, participated and submitted questions for our 2026 Candidate Forum.
The individual forums are available until Thursday, April 9 on the Germantown Chamber Facebook page and also available on the Village's YouTube page.
Don't forget to vote on Tuesday, April 7
Wednesday March 11, 2026 Germantown Village Hall
4:30-4:45PM - County Supervisor District 16, 17 & 18
5:00-5:30PM - Circuit Court Judge Branch 2
5:45-6:45PM - School Board Seats 3 & 5
7:00-8:30PM - Village Board District 1, 2 & 3
This yearly event allows businesses and the community to provide questions and hear the candidates answers to important topics.
The 2026 races that are a part of the Forum include
Washington County Supervisors
Participants
Stephanie Lietzau-Erdman District 16 - non-contested race
Carroll Merry District 17 - non-contested race
Jeff Schleif District 18 -non-contested race
Circuit Court Judges
Participants
Gordon Leech & Grant Scaife - Branch 2
School District Board
Participants
Kimberly Higginbotham & Anne Utech - Seat 3
Molly Bussie & Richard Yu - Seat 5
Village Trustees
Participants
David Baum & Scott Hefle - District 1
Alisha Mir-Marwood & Jim Stout - District 2
Jolene Pieper - District 3
Participation in the Candidate Forum is voluntary.
Forum is moderated and is not a debate. There is no audience interaction with the candidates during the question/answer time.
Candidates will be given time for an up to 2 minute opening statement, be allowed up to 1 min to answer every question and can give up to a 2 minute closing statement.
Participants will rotate answering questions first.
Question topics will be given to the candidates prior to the Forum.
Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce Bylaws
ARTICLE I - GENERAL
Section 3. Limitation of Methods: The Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce in its activities shall be non-partisan, non-sectional, non-sectarian and shall take no part in, nor lend its influence directly to, the election of any candidate for federal, state, county, or local government office.
The Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce does not endorse any candidates. This Forum is being offered as an informational opportunity to our members and the community.