Political Forum features Scott Rigell and Paul Hirschbiel

by | Oct 18, 2012 | What’s Happening

Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 pm

As Election Day nears, the candidates vying for Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District seat will address the Tidewater Jewish community and answer audience questions.

The Community Relations Council of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites area voters to see and hear local political hopefuls at the last event in its Meet Your Candidate series with a forum featuring Rep. Scott Rigell (R), incumbent, and Paul Hirschbiel (D), challenger.

The event takes place at the Sandler Family Campus.

Joel Rubin of Rubin Communications Group, will serve as the forum moderator. Questions for the politicians will be forwarded to Rubin during the event or can be submitted in advance at www.jewishva. org/crc.

The 2nd Congressional District includes the City of Virginia Beach, Accomack and Northampton counties on the Eastern Shore, portions of Hampton, redistricted areas of Norfolk and newly added parts of Newport News.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www. jewishva.org, or contact Robin Mancoll, director of the CRC, at 757-965-6120 or rmancoll@ujft.org