{"id":202895,"date":"2026-02-19T21:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202895"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:39:22","slug":"gop-to-host-meet-the-candidates-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/gop-to-host-meet-the-candidates-night\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP to host Meet the Candidates Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Republican Party has scheduled a \u201cMeet the Candidates Night\u201d for next month. The event will be held on Thursday, March 12 at the Van Wert Elks Lodge. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and candidates will begin speaking at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates who have confirmed they\u2019ll attend:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Van-Wert-County-Republican-Party-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202896\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jim Hoops and Craig Riedel, Ohio Senate District 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eva Yarger and Todd Wolfrum, Van Wert County Juvenile\/Probate Court Judge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jami Bradford and Arica Wermer, Van Wert County Auditor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roy Klofpenstein, Ohio House District 82<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates for Ohio Auditor, Ohio Secretary of State, Ohio Attorney General, Ohio Treasurer and Ohio Supreme Court have been invited and attendance for each is pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each candidate will be given time to speak to highlight their candidacy. Time before and after candidate speeches will be available for individuals to meet and talk with each candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Van Wert County Republican Central Committee is pleased to host this upcoming event, providing residents of our community with a valuable opportunity to meet and engage directly with Republican candidates,\u201d party officials said in a press release.\u201d With several key races on the ballot in the May 5 primary election, the committee aims give Republican voters a platform to hear directly from the candidates and ensure that these candidates are listening to what issues are important to Van Wert County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is free and open to the public, with no registration necessary. No meal will be served, but a cash bar will be available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff The Van Wert County Republican Party has scheduled a \u201cMeet the Candidates Night\u201d for next month. The event will be held on Thursday, March 12 at the Van Wert Elks Lodge. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and candidates will begin speaking at 6:30 p.m. Candidates who have confirmed they\u2019ll attend: Candidates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 23:37:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202897,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202895\/revisions\/202897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}