Candidates for Sen. Vern Malone's seat will speak at a forum May 2.
The Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association, a local civil rights organization, is sponsoring the forum with the Wake County Democratic Caucus.
Among the people who have been mentioned as replacements: State Rep. Dan Blue, a former House speaker; Bernard Allen Jr., the son of a former representative; and former DMV commissioner Alexander Killens, according to local activist Bruce Lightner.
The forum will be held at 10 a.m. at the Seby Jones Fine Arts Building at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh.
The Raleigh-Wake Citizens Association will make a recommendation to the Wake County Democratic Party after the meeting.
"In the past such recommendations have been given great weight as to the will of the people," Lightner wrote in an e-mail to Dome.
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Re: Who will replace Sen. Malone?
April 23, 2009 - 9:36pm — PaulTerrellThe Raleigh Wake Citizens Association is a community organization dedicated to helping the African American people of Wake County improve their quality of life through advocacy in the areas of business, education, health and politics. We welcome you to our website and invite you to join us at our regular meetings on the third Thursday's at Roberts Park Community Center.
That above is directly quoted from their web site. I take issue because this group made zero attempt to see what kind of candidate I was when I ran for House 33 against Dan Blue. And the comments made by Mr. Lightner in this newspaper proves that he has zero interest in working with me for the common interest of ALL voters in Senate district 14.
I call for a special election after the RWCA chooses the districts new State Senator. Anyone who has the interest of the people in this district has to find it appalling that a single minded interest group will determine their State Senate representative for almost the next two years.