2026 Regional Candidate Forum

Description

The Colorado River Valley Chamber and Glenwood Springs Chamber are proud to host a Regional Candidate Forum on Monday, September 28 from 6 to 8:15 p.m. at The Ute Theater, 132 E 4th St. in Rifle. The public is invited to attend in person or via RifleTV livestream. Spanish interpretation will be available, and a recording will be shared after the event.The event will also broadcast live on KMTS.

Participating Candidates and Order of Event: 

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. 

• State Senate District 8: Corey Marshall and Dylan Roberts (incumbent)
• Colorado House District 57: Russ Andrews and Elizabeth Velasco (incumbent)
• Garfield County Commissioner: Jonathan Godes and Eric Rudd

How to Watch: 

Rifle Community TV will have the LIVE stream available online in a handful of locations.

It will be streamed LIVE on Facebook under:

• Rifle Community TV Facebook page
• Colorado River Valley Chamber Facebook page
• Ute Theater Facebook page

It will be streamed LIVE on all RifleTV+ platforms, including:

• Online  —  www.RifleTV.plus  or  www.RifleNOW.org
• all RifleTV+ OTT/stream box apps  —  Roku, AppleTV, and FireTV devices
• the RifleTV+ iOS app  —  iPhone/iPad/iOS devices

It will be streamed LIVE on Rifle’s local TV channel

• Channel 10 on Comcast Xfinity
• or the Channel’s online 24/7 Stream (www.RifleNOW.org/LIVE)

Event Format (may be subject to change): 

• Candidates will participate in Q&A groups based on the office they are seeking. A Q&A will only be held if both candidates for the office are present.
• Candidates will give a two-minute opening and two-minute closing statement.
• Candidates will answer the same questions in alternating order with each response limited to 90 seconds. A timer will provide cues.
• Ron Milhorn, KMTS News Director, will moderate.

Questions:

• No live audience questions will be taken. Questions have been sourced from both community members and a media panel. The deadline for community members to submit questions has passed.
• Submitted questions have been reviewed in advance to eliminate duplicates and ensure a broad range of topics. Not all submitted questions are guaranteed to be asked.

Thank you to our partners!

This event is being presented to the community in collaboration with KMTS; Rifle TV; Recinos Language Services; and CoWest Noticias Collaborative, a cohort of local media outlets meeting the need of Spanish-language news, including Aspen Daily News, Aspen Public Radio, The Aspen Times, Post Independent, La Tricolor Radio, KDNK Community Access Radio, The Sopris Sun and Sol del Valle.

Our communities are closely connected and share many of the same opportunities and challenges. By coming together to host a regional forum, our chambers are creating a space for candidates and community members to engage in a broader conversation about the issues that impact our region. We believe this type of collaboration is important and reflects the value of working together across our communities.