The League of Women Voters of the Rogue Valley will hold a Medford candidate forum Tuesday night.

The event is at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Medford, 85 S. Holly St.

Candidates for mayor and Medford City Council have been invited. There will be a five-minute oral presentation from each candidate followed by brief, moderated questions from the audience. 

The following is a list of candidates:

• Mayor: Michael Zarosinski, Clay Bearnson, Logan Leverette Vaughan and Curt Ankerberg are the four Medford mayoral candidates. Find previous coverage at rv-times.com and in the Rogue Valley Times’ Saturday, Oct. 12, print edition.
• City Council Ward 3: Elizabeth Leydsman, a human resources specialist for La Clinica, is running against former parks commissioner and attorney Garrett West. Both candidates have previously served on the Medford Parks and Recreation Commission, and West has served on the Medford Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission.
• City Council Ward 4: Tyler Jasper, who works as a healthcare security analyst, is running against teacher Kevin Keating. Jasper has previously chaired the Medford Transportation Committee and Medford Parking Committee and has served on the Medford Community Services and Development Commission, the Rogue Valley Transportation District Budget Committee and Medford Citizen Academy. Keating has previously been director of Rogue Valley Transportation District, director of the Jackson County Library District, a Medford Parks and Rec commissioner, Medford Budget Committee member, Medford Landmarks and Historic Preservation Committee and Jackson County Library Advisory Committee member.

For more information, contact Kathleen Donham at voterservices@lwvrv.org.