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Voters in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District will get a chance to hear out the three candidates running for Eric Cantor’s former seat at a forum hosted by the Goochland Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 23.

It will be the first time that Republican Dave Brat, Democrat Jack Trammell and Libertarian James Carr will appear together at a public event to take questions from constituents.

“The format we envision now is to have questions submitted by the public prior to the 23rd,” Ed Lawton, board president of the Goochland Chamber, said Thursday. “A committee consisting of chamber members will select the questions to be asked to the candidates that night,”

“There will be between eight and 10 questions and each candidate will have three minutes to respond. It was our idea to begin with to do it in this format,” he said.

The candidates will be on stage at the same time, but they will not debate or directly address one another, Lawton said.

Trammell and Carr have repeatedly criticized Brat, alleging that the Republican shies away from debating them in public.

Two weeks ago, Brat confirmed to participate in a debate scheduled for Oct. 28 at Randolph-Macon College, where both he and Trammell teach. Carr was not invited.