Although the upcoming debate among Democratic congressional candidates for the 48th District, hosted by HB Huddle, is sold out, the Saturday, Jan. 13 event will be broadcast live on YouTube or can be followed on the HB Huddle Facebook page.
The debate, from 10 a.m. to noon, will feature candidates Hans Keirstead, Laura Oatman, Harley Rouda, and Omar Siddqui at Harbour View Elementary School, 4343 Pickwick Circle.
HB Huddle, a politically-minded community group that grew from the Women’s March movement, so far has staged four Q&A events featuring nine of the 13 declared candidates challenging Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. It has also posted more than 100 YouTube clips of its events, which are available on the HB Huddle YouTube channel.
Saturday’s event features the candidates HB Huddle considers the top four.
According to the group, it “considered the candidates’ performance at the Q&A series, audience turnout, fundraising and other campaign elements to narrow the list.”
“The 48th congressional race is sort of a circus right now,” HB Huddle founding member Bethany Webb said in a statement, “and it’s difficult to have a meaningful debate when you have eight people on stage. After hosting everyone it became very clear that some candidates were simply not viable, so our strategy was to narrow the field in order to offer a better public discourse.”
Information: hbhuddle.com.