A candidates debate for the State Senate District 43 Special Election is set for Thursday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., held by the Rockdale-Newton Section of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) in collaboration with several other organizations and hosted at Antioch A.M.E. Church, 1790 Ebenezer Road, Conyers.

All candidates of the special election for State Senate District 43 have been invited to participate in an open forum where pre-determined questions as well as questions from the audience will be presented.

The moderator for the forum will be George Chidi, Councilman of Pine Lake, GA City Council and editorial writer for the Peach Pundit.

Presented in the public interest by the Rockdale-Newton Section NCNW; Rockdale, DeKalb & Newton Chapters NAACP; Rockdale-Newton & DeKalb Chapters League of Women Voters; and the Rockdale-Newton Chapter National Action Network.