This week may be your only occasion to hear all Cobb commission candidates in one place, in both parties, before the May 22 primaries.
There’s a forum sponsored by the Cobb County Civic Coalition Tuesday, and Democratic and Republican candidates for District 3 in Northeast Cobb and District 1 in North Cobb have been invited to attend. 
The forum lasts from 7-9 p.m. and will be held on the second floor of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., in downtown Marietta.
That’s the meeting room for the Cobb Board of Commissioners, and if you can’t attend the forum it will be shown on the Cobb government access channel, TV 23 for Comcast subscribers.
The District 3 seat is being contested in both parties. Republican incumbent JoAnn Birrell is seeking her third term.
She is being opposed by Tom Cheek, a civic activist who filed ethics complaints against former Cobb commission chairman Tim Lee for his handling of the Atlanta Braves stadium deal. A software account manager, Cheek is a first-time candidate for public office.
On the Democratic side, two first-time candidates are running as well: retired Cobb water system employee James Smith, and Caroline Holko, a stay-at-home mother.
Here are the District 3 candidates websites:
Advance voting for the primaries begins on Monday, and Cobb Elections is looking for poll workers to help out on May 22 and beyond.
Here’s a rundown on East Cobb-area public offices that will be on the ballot, and we’ll have more shortly on those races that have contested primaries.
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