At the final League of Women Voters for Asheville and Buncombe County forum on Oct. 15, the four candidates running for the two seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ District 3 race talked about what they thought were the most important issues facing the county and more. Read “Commissioner hopefuls differ on Buncombe County’s top issue” here.

Running for the two District 3 Buncombe County Commissioner seats are Republican Joe Belcher, a regional manager with Clayton Inc.; Republican David King, a farrier; Democrat Terry Van Duyn, a former programmer and systems analyst and a community volunteer; and Democrat Michelle Pace Wood, a self-employed real estate agent.

Here is the complete forum, presented in two parts. Carolina Public Press, Mountain Xpress, The Urban News, News Radio 570 WWNC and 880 The Revolution co-sponsored the public forum.

Go here and enter your name to find your district and to view your sample ballot.

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VIDEO: Buncombe County’s District 3 commissioner candidates answer voter questions

by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press
October 25, 2012

<h1>VIDEO: Buncombe County’s District 3 commissioner candidates answer voter questions</h1> <p class="byline">by Angie Newsome, Carolina Public Press <br />October 25, 2012</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-image wp-caption alignnone is-resized"><img src="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/District3forum-610x375.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-11959" title="Buncombe County Board of Commissioners District 3 candidates, Oct. 25, 2012" height="375" width="610" /><figcaption>(Left to right) Republicans Joe Belcher and David King and Democrats Terry Van Duyn and Michelle Wood introduce themselves to voters at a candidates forum held Oct. 25 by the League of Women Voters of Asheville and Buncombe County and moderated by Jerri Jameson. Voters will select two of the four to represent southern and western portions of the county on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. Angie Newsome/Carolina Public Press</figcaption></figure> <p>At the final League of Women Voters for Asheville and Buncombe County forum on Oct. 15, the four candidates running for the two seats on the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners’ District 3 race talked about what they thought were the most important issues facing the county and more. <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/11954/commissioner-hopefuls-differ-on-buncombe-countys-top-issue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read “Commissioner hopefuls differ on Buncombe County’s top issue” here</a>.</p> <p>Running for the two District 3 Buncombe County Commissioner seats are Republican Joe Belcher, a regional manager with Clayton Inc.; Republican David King, a farrier; Democrat Terry Van Duyn, a former programmer and systems analyst and a community volunteer; and Democrat Michelle Pace Wood, a self-employed real estate agent.</p> <p>Here is the complete forum, presented in two parts. Carolina Public Press, Mountain Xpress, The Urban News, News Radio 570 WWNC and 880 The Revolution co-sponsored the public forum.</p> <p><strong><strong><a href="https://www.ncsbe.gov/VoterLookup.aspx?Feature=voterinfo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Go here and enter your name to find your district and to view your sample ballot.</a></strong></strong></p> </p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <h2>Special Report</h2> <p>Visit <a href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/category/election-2012" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>ELECTION 2012</strong></a> for Carolina Public Press’ election coverage.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org/12179/video-buncombe-countys-district-3-commissioner-candidates-answer-voter-questions/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org">Carolina Public Press</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-cropped-CPPlogo_icon_RGB.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://carolinapublicpress.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=12179&ga=G-45T85MYXXN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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