CONWAY — At Tuesday’s 5-minute GOP forum presented by the Gibson Center for Senior Services, candidates taking part included Joe Kenney of Wakefield, seeking to regain his former Executive Council seat; state representative hopefuls, many of whom were also voted out of office in the 2018 “blue wave”; and incumbent state Sen. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro).
Several Carroll County offices are on the ballot, but just one is contested.
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