First Congressional District (MI-01) Meet the Candidates Forum
Start: 2026-04-07 18:00:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)
End: 2026-04-07 19:30:00 UTC Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) (GMT-04:00)
Location: Carnegie Building• 451 E. Mitchell Street, Petoskey, MI 49770 US
Event Type:
Hybrid (In-Person & Virtual Option)
A virtual link will be communicated before the event.
Host contact info sue@nomiindivisible.org
Nomi Indivisible, along with Between the Covers bookstore and McLean
and Eakin Booksellers, is pleased to sponsor the Meet the Primary
Candidates forum in Petoskey on April 7th .
The MI-01 Meet the Candidates Project involves a series of eleven
non-partisan events bringing candidates directly to communities across
the 1st Congressional District early in the election cycle. All too often,
voters in rural communities have limited opportunities to engage
directly with the candidates. This event aims to change that by bringing
the candidates to the voters.
This is a moderated and structured forum in which candidates will be
asked to respond to questions of specific interest to our community. All
major primary candidates have been invited to participate in the forum,
which will be grounded in fairness and respect.
Four candidates have confirmed their participation: Kyle Blomquist -
Democrat (Iron Mountain), Justin Michal - Republican (Grayling),
Zebulon Featherley - Independent (Traverse City) and Wayne Stiles -
Democrat (Traverse City).
Location:
Carnegie Building, 451 E. Mitchell St., Petoskey, MI 49770
Date & Time:
Tuesday, April 7
5:30 pm — Doors Open
6:00 – 7:30 PM – Candidate Forum
7:30 – 8:00 PM – Post-Forum Candidate Chat
Coffee and water will be provided.
RSVP:
For more information: M-1 Project.
This program is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Petoskey District Library.