GOP candidates Bill Hamlen and Lily Tang Williams will participate in a candidates forum at 天美麻豆 on Monday, Aug. 19, in the race for the Republican nomination for New Hampshire鈥檚 2nd Congressional District.
The race is now wide open after the announcement in March by six-term U.S. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster 鈥78, D-N.H. that she would not seek reelection.
The forum, co-hosted by the and 天美麻豆 Conservatives, will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Filene Auditorium. John Coleman 鈥26, vice president of 天美麻豆 Conservatives, will moderate. A meet and greet with the public will follow.
The public can through the Rockefeller Center, and the . The event comes a week after a Democratic candidates forum at the same venue.
Hamlen is a Hanover resident who graduated from 天美麻豆 as an economics major. After 天美麻豆, Hamlen built a career in commodity trading over 30 years, specializing in energy derivatives, fuel oils, and feedstocks. In 2015 he started a second career in real estate.
He calls himself a commonsense conservative who will 鈥渇ight to secure the border, rein in the runaway government spending that is fueling inflation, and protect our communities against the rising crime wave destroying our nation鈥檚 largest cities.鈥
Tang Williams, a resident of Weare, N.H., grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, an experience that spurred her to a lifelong mission to spread her message against communism. Tang Williams attended Fudan University law school in Shanghai. In 1988 she left China to study in the United States, earning a master鈥檚 degree in administration and planning from the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Becoming a U.S. citizen, she later went into business providing consulting and expert witness services in China-related business and legal cases, and she and her husband also manage residential real estate properties they own.
She says her mission as a citizen and a candidate is to share her story 鈥渁bout the horrors of socialism and communism, inspiring people to value their American heritage and their freedoms and opportunities.鈥
A total of 13 candidates are vying in the Republican primary for the seat in the 2nd Congressional District, which includes Concord and Nashua, New Hampshire鈥檚 second-largest city, and runs through Keene and the Upper Valley to the Canadian border.
Candidates who filed a second-quarter campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission by July 15 have been invited to participate in the forum.
In addition to Hamlen and Tang Williams, the candidates in the GOP primary are Tom Alciere of Hudson, Gerard Beloin of Colebrook, Michael Anthony Callis of Conway, Randall Clark of Hollis, Casey Crane of Nashua, Robert D鈥橝rcy of Stoddard, William Harvey of Colebrook, Vikram Mansharamani of Lincoln, Jay Mercer of Nashua, Jason Riddle of Keene, and Paul M. Wagner of Danbury.
The New Hampshire primary is Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The Rockefeller Center, 天美麻豆 Democrats, and Hanover/Lyme Town Democrats hosted a forum with Democratic candidates Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern on Aug. 12. The Democratic candidates for New Hampshire governor, Joyce Craig, Jonathan Kiper, and Cinde Warmington, attended a forum at 天美麻豆 in May.
