Candidates for Doña Ana County sheriff and commission will be quizzed at a candidate forum tonight in Mesquite.
The forum will be held at 6 p.m. at the Mesquite volunteer fire station, 1 Firehouse Road. Candidates in attendance will include Republican Sheriff Todd Garrison and his challenger, Democrat Ralph Misquez; District 1 Commissioner Oscar Vasquez Butler, a Democrat, and his challenger, Republican John Zimmerman; and District 3 commission candidates Mack Haley, a Republican, and Karen Perez, a Democrat.
Arturo Uribe, a Mesquite resident with the New Mexico Progressive Alliance for Community Empowerment, helped organize the event. He said the candidates will be quizzed by a panel of south-valley community leaders and later by people in attendance at the forum. Personal attacks and disrespect will not be tolerated, he said.