Democratic candidate for Mississippi's 1st Congressional District Randy Wadkins will participate in a town hall at the Old Oktibbeha County Courthouse on Thursday, July 6 at 7 p.m.
The town hall event is organized by the progressive grass roots organization Indivisible Golden Triangle and will serve as an open forum for the citizens of Starkville to ask Wadkins general questions and voice their concerns.
All members of the community are welcome to join the meeting.
Wadkins will run for congress against Republican incumbent Trent Kelly in the 2018 midterm election.
Wadkins currently lives in Oxford where he taught chemistry at the University of Mississippi for 14 years.
Mississippi’s first congressional district is located in the Northeast portion of the state including Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Desoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss , Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster and Winston counties and a portion of Oktibbeha County.
The midterm election will take place on Nov. 6, 2018.