Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, the five-term Republican incumbent from Battle Ground, and Vancouver’s Democratic challenger, Carolyn Long, will field questions from the community in a virtual debate hosted by the Clark, Cowlitz and Klickitat-Skamania county branches of the League of Women Voters. The debate starts at 2 p.m.
The event is also co-hosted by four regional newspapers: The Columbian, The Daily News of Longview, the Skamania County Pioneer and the Goldendale Sentinel.
Veteran KXL-FM radio journalist Steve Leader will moderate. Four panelists — one from each of the participating newspapers — will ask the candidates questions.
The League of Women Voters solicited questions from the community using The Columbian’s online Clark Asks tool, and a team of representatives from the League screened the questions to ensure fairness.
