Congressional Candidates to Attend Beverly Forum Wednesday

Candidates in one the most hotly contested Congressional races in the state will be in Beverly for a candidates forum on Wednesday morning.

The candidates forum for the Sixth Congressional District candidates will happen on Wednesday, Aug. 13 in the auditorium at Beverly High School from 10 a.m.-noon. It is open to the public.

U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Salem, has represented the district since 1997. The Sixth District includes most of the North Shore, including Salem, Lynn, Peabody, Gloucester, Newburyport, Andover, Danvers, Hamilton, Wenham, Marblehead, Swampscott and North Andover.

Tierney is seeking reelection and faces three challengers - Seth Moulton of Marblehead, Marisa DeFranco of Middleton and John Devine of Woburn - in the Sept. 9 primary. The winner of the Democratic Party primary is expected to face Republican Richard Tisei of Wakefield, who Tierney narrowly defeated in 2012, in the November general election.

The forum is sponsored by Aging and Disability Resource Consortium of the Greater North Shore. All of the candidates on the September primary ballot have said they will participate in the forum, according to the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium of the Greater North Shore, Inc.

A debate among the Democratic candidates is also planned for Thursday afternoon at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, hosted by the Lowell Sun and the Salem News. It is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the college’s Campus Cafeteria Center.