WATERVILLE — The three candidates vying for the job of Waterville mayor will meet tonight for a debate at Thomas College.

Mayoral candidates Karen Heck, Andrew Roy and Dana Sennett are in the race for the Nov. 8 election.

Tonight’s hour-long public forum is set to begin at 6 p.m. in Ayotte Auditorium at Thomas College, which is off West River Road.
Heck, 59, an unenrolled candidate, is senior program officer for the Augusta-based Bingham Program, which provides grants for projects that support healthful living in Maine.

Roy, 37, a Republican, is owner of Andy’s DJ Service.

Sennett, 59, a Democrat, is the incumbent mayor and an advertising account executive for the Morning Sentinel. Sennett became mayor in a special election held in June to fill the remaining term of Paul LePage, who resigned as the city’s mayor after being elected Maine governor.

The Thomas College mayoral debate is co-sponsored by the Morning Sentinel. It will be moderated by James Libby, an associate professor who teaches economics and political science, and chairman of the college’s Department of Business Administration.
Libby, a former candidate for governor in the 2002 Republican primary, also served as a member of the state House of Representatives from 1992 to 1996 and in the state Senate from 1996 to 2000.