Richardson to participate in televised forum tonight

Gov. Bill Richardson and four other Democratic presidential candidates will take part tonight in a forum on health care and financial security that will be televised in New Mexico.

The AARP/Iowa Public Television forum will be shown on New Mexico’s public television stations from 7-8:30 p.m. In Las Cruces, it will be on KRWG-TV, which is Comcast cable channel 2. In the Albuquerque television market, it will be shown on KNME-TV channel 5.

Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden will also attend, according to AARP.