Gazette, KCRG-TV9 collaborating on early state Republican Presidential forum

The Gazette and KCRG-TV9 are joining with media outlets in New Hampshire and South Carolina to present A Voters First Forum for Republican Presidential candidates. The forum will occur at 6 p.m. Iowa time on Aug. 3 at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The forum is aimed at providing voters in the three states leading off the nomination process an opportunity to see the Republican candidates on a level playing field. While the participant list is still taking shape, the forum is open to candidates who are running active campaigns and have filed as a candidate with the Federal Election Commission.

The forum is a collaboration between the New Hampshire Union Leader, Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. and The Gazette. The forum will be broadcast on KCRG-TV 9.2, on WLTX-TV in Columbia, S.C., and broadcast nationally by C-SPAN.