On Thursday, March 18, Valencia Community College will host political candidates running for Florida governor, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives for a meet-and-greet event with students and the community.
Each candidate will give a short speech. Attendees will have the opportunity to mingle with the candidates beforehand and provide feedback afterwords.
The event will take place from 4-7 p.m. behind Building 1 on Valencia’s Osceola Campus, located at 1800 Denn John Lane in Kissimmee.
The attending political candidates include:
|
Candidate |
Office |
Party |
|
Maurice Ferre |
U.S. Senate |
Democrat |
|
Bernie DeCastro |
U.S. Senate |
Constitution Party |
|
Alexander Snitker |
U.S. Senate |
Libertarian |
|
Karl Behm |
Governor |
No Party Affiliation |
|
Peter Allen |
Governor |
Independent |
|
Farid Khavari |
Governor |
Democrat |
|
John W. Smith |
Governor |
Libertarian |
|
Jacob Hoechst |
U.S. House of Rep. District 3 |
Republican |
|
Ken Miller |
U.S. House of Rep. District 8 |
Republican |
|
Daniel Roy Fanelli |
U.S. House of Rep. District 8 |
Republican |
This event is sponsored by the Student Government Association on Valencia’s Osceola Campus. The SGA will provide an electronic ballot machine for attendees to give their feedback on the candidates and on Florida Junior and Community College Student Government Association (FJCCSGA) state issues.
For more information, please contact Deanne Rothman, student development coordinator,
at drothman1@valenciacc.edu or 407-582-4159.