Candidate Forum
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.
Limited In Person space at Village Hall
This event will also be broadcast Live through the Village Channel and the Chamber's Facebook Live. After the event, it will be available on the Village's YouTube Channel and for a limited time on the Chamber's Facebook account.
Questions will be asked and/or edited at the discretion of the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce and/or Forum moderator.
This Forum occurs Yearly after the Primary and before April Election
If you would like to see how the Forum works, please visit the video for last year's event at 2025 Candidate Forum.
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