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Video: Candidates Running In House Of Delegates Race Field Questions In Virtual Forum

Candidates in the District 7 House of Delegates race field questions during a virtual forum one week before the June 20 primary.

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Candidates in the District 7 House of Delegates race field questions during a virtual forum hosted by the Fairfax County NAACP, Restonstrong and Reston Patch on Tuesday night, which is one week before the June 20 primary.
Candidates in the District 7 House of Delegates race field questions during a virtual forum hosted by the Fairfax County NAACP, Restonstrong and Reston Patch on Tuesday night, which is one week before the June 20 primary. (Michael O'Connell/Patch)

RESTON, VA — Fairfax County NAACP, Restonstrong, and Reston Patch hosted a virtual candidate forum for House of Delegates District 7 on Tuesday night, giving the public a chance to meet the candidates, hear their campaign platform and ask questions.

Candidates Mary Barthelson, Paul Berry, Karen Keys-Gamarra and Shyamali Hauth are competing in the Democratic Party Primary on June 20 to determine who will be on the Nov. 7 ballot.

Barthelson, Keys-Gamarra and Shyamali Hauth participated in the panel, which was moderated by and Bianca Moskaitis and Herb Williams-Baffoe of the Reel II Real Podcast and Reston Patch editor Michael O'Connell. Berry was unable to participate in Tuesday night's panel because he was traveling due to a death in his family.

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