A bunch of mayoral and city council forums are happening over the next few days. Here’s how you can watch them

The forums, televised from Wednesday, Feb. 22 to Thursday, March 2, will be moderated by Denver 7 anchors Micah Smith and Russell Haythorn.
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All nine at-large candidates for City Council faced off Monday night in a debate.
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More mayoral, city council and other citywide office candidate forums are coming to a screen near you.

Several forums are scheduled from Wednesday, Feb. 22 to Thursday, March 2 featuring every elected position that you'll see on your ballot and a two-part mayoral discussion.

The forums will be moderated by Denver 7 anchors Micah Smith and Russell Haythorn.

So far, there have been two large mayoral debates, a Fair Elections Fund debate at Regis University featuring 16 of the candidates and another FEF debate at Metropolitan State University hosted by 9News featuring 13 of the candidates, including Kwame Spearman, Chris Hansen, Lisa Calderón, Mike Johnston, Trinidad Rodriguez, James Walsh, Ean Thomas Tafoya, Aurelio Martinez, Leslie Herod, Thomas Wolf, Debbie Ortega, Kelly Brough and Terrance Roberts.

9News' televised mayoral debate at the Auraria Campus' King Center. Feb. 16, 2023.
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There's also been one at-large city council debate at Regis University, including all the candidates Will Chan, Dominic Diaz, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Tim Hoffman, Travis Leiker, Sarah Parady, Penfield Tate III, Jeff Walker and Marty Zimmerman.

Sprinkled throughout the city, council debates have also been held, including a District 10 debate at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance that led to a callout for more ADA accessibility compliance when Councilmember Chris Hinds, who uses a wheelchair, wasn't able to get on stage.

You can watch the municipal election debates on Denver8 TV, DenverDecides.org or on the City's Facebook page.

Here's the forum schedule:

February 22
Council District 1 at 6 p.m.
Council District 3 at 7:45 p.m.
Council District 4 at 8:15 p.m.

February 23
Denver Auditor at 6 p.m.
Council District 6 at 7 p.m.
Clerk and Recorder at 7:30 p.m.
Council District 11 at 8 p.m.

February 24
Council District 2 at 5:45 p.m.
Council District 9 at 7 p.m.
Council District 5 at 8:15 p.m.

February 28
Council District 7 at 6 p.m.
Council District 10 at 8 p.m.

March 1
Council District 8 at 6 p.m.
Council At-Large at 8 p.m.

March 2
Mayor Part 1 at 6 p.m.
Mayor Part 2 at 7:45 p.m.

Have you seen or watched any of the debates? What are your thoughts? Let us know at [email protected].

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