City Council and School Board Candidate Forums
Date: October 20, 2021
Time: 5:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Location: Show map
Lowe Park Arts & Environment Center
4500 North 10th St
Marion, IA
The Marion Economic Development Corporation and Marion Chamber of Commerce will jointly host candidate forums featuring individuals seeking a seat on the Marion City Council, Linn-Mar School Board, or Marion Independent School Board.
The forums will take place Wednesday, October 20th from 5:00 – 8:45 p.m. at the Lowe Park Arts & Environment Center, 4500 North 10th Street in Marion.
Forums will be combined into one night to include school board and city council candidates. The schedule will be as follows:
| Marion School Board Candidate Forum | 5:00 – 6:00 pm |
| BREAK | 6:00 – 6:15 pm |
| Marion City Council Candidate Forum | 6:15 – 7:15 pm |
| BREAK | 7:15 – 7:30 pm |
| Linn-Mar School Board Candidate Forum | 7:30 – 8:45 pm |
The forums will follow a question-and-answer format of predetermined questions while also giving the audience an opportunity to submit questions that evening to a moderator.
The first hour of the forum will feature Marion School Board Candidates. Invited candidates include Bryan Fentress, Shari Funck (Incumbent), Bill Huntoon (Incumbent), and Diana Zrudsky (Incumbent).
The second hour of the forum will feature city council candidates. Unopposed candidates will be included within the first 15 minutes of the city forum and the remainder of the time will be spent on the contested race. Candidates include:
Council At Large Dale Monroe Randy Strnad (Incumbent) | Council At Large – To Fill Vacancy Grant Harper (Incumbent) | Council Ward 2 Steve Jensen (Incumbent) | Council Ward 4 Sara Mentzer |
The last hour of the forum will feature Linn-Mar School Board Candidates. Invited candidates include Geralyn Jones, Kara Larson, Cara Lausen (Incumbent), Matt Rollinger, Melissa Walker, and Rachel Wall (Incumbent). An additional 15 minutes was added to the Linn-Mar forum to accommodate sufficient time for the large number of candidates.
All candidates have confirmed their participation in the forums.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the forum. The combined City and School elections will be held Tuesday, November 2, 2021.