Valencia County voters attend multiple candidate forums; GOP forum Feb. 24

Multiple candidate forums aimed at Valencia County voters took place in the last week of February, giving residents direct access to people seeking state and local offices. One of those events, a Republican candidate forum advertised to local voters, was held Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Calvary Ch.

The GOP forum at Calvary Ch brought candidates and voters into the same room on Feb. 24, part of a string of public events across Valencia County during the final days of February. Organizers promoted the Feb. 24 event to local voters as an opportunity to hear from candidates running for state and local offices, reinforcing other in-person engagements convened during that same week.

Valencia County voters attending the Feb. 24 forum at Calvary Ch joined others who participated in candidate forums throughout the last week of February to compare platforms before upcoming ballots. The series of events gave voters multiple occasions to question candidates directly about priorities for Valencia County schools, infrastructure, and county services, as organizers noted the forums were targeted at residents seeking face-to-face exchanges.

Campaigns used the Feb. 24 Republican candidate forum at Calvary Ch and the wider slate of late-February forums to make visible local outreach efforts in Valencia County. The events were advertised in county outlets and community channels to reach neighborhoods from Los Lunas to Belen, reflecting a concentrated push to engage voters who will decide races for state and local offices.

Looking ahead from March 1, 2026, Valencia County voters who attended the Feb. 24 Republican forum at Calvary Ch and the other last-week-of-February events will carry impressions of candidate performances into the next phase of the campaign calendar. The concentration of candidate forums in late February has given voters repeated in-person opportunities to evaluate contenders for state and local offices before absentee and early voting windows open later in the election cycle.