East Side Neighborhood Associations to Host Candidate Forum for 2025 Third District Aldermanic Election
Six East Side Neighborhood Associations will host a Third District Aldermanic Candidate Forum on Tuesday, February 11 from 6:30-8 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church, 2618 N. Hackett Avenue.
The forum will provide the Third District community with the opportunity to learn more about the candidates running for the Third District Common Council seat and where they stand on the issues important to voters in the district.
Co-sponsors for the event include Murray Hill Neighborhood Association, Historic Water Tower Neighborhood, Cambridge Woods Neighborhood Association, Mariners, East Bank Neighborhood Association and Greenwich Friends.
Eight candidates will appear on the February 18 ballot in the race to serve as the new Third District Common Council member. The top two candidates will advance to a general election on April 1. The six neighborhood groups also plan to hold a second forum with the final two candidates before the general election.
The non-partisan special election was called after the recent death Jonathan Brostoff, who won the seat in a special election in November 2022.
All eight candidates who have qualified to run for the Common Council seat have agreed to participate. The Third District includes the East Side from Edgewood Avenue to the north, Pleasant Street to the South and the eastern half of Riverwest to Lake Michigan.
Learn more about the candidates here.
The forum will run for approximately 90 minutes and will be presented in person with a virtual option. Pre-selected questions will be presented by a moderator with candidates having timed responses. The audience cannot participate and only the candidates and the moderator can speak during the event. There will be an opportunity to meet the candidates after the forum concludes.
Questions for the candidates will be submitted as time allows and address issues important to Third District voters such as the Milwaukee’s Growing MKE zoning initiative, reckless driving and traffic calming, crime and safety, city budget concerns and housing development projects.
More information about how to register to attend the webinar virtually will be provided to members and residents by the co-sponsoring neighborhoods through emails and news releases.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.