Thursday, July 19 – Speed Campaigning: Meet the Candidate of Your Dreams
6-8 p.m.
Sip
724 Virginia Drive
orangefldemocrats.com
free
Ever fantasize about going on a date with longtime Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles? How about cocktails with Gina Duncan, our first openly transgender county commissioner candidate? If your idea of retail politics veers dangerously into romantic territory, the Orange County Democrats offer Speed Campaigning: Meet the Candidate of Your Dreams, an event guaranteed to produce even more of the awkward moments that keep politics interesting. OW political scribe Billy Manes will preside over a speed-dating-style rotation of voters interviewing up to 10 candidates each, one on one. What could possibly go wrong? – Dave Plotkin
This article appears in Jul 18-24, 2012.