Twenty or more local residents showed up Monday night at the community center to hear six Democrat candidates and one Independent speak and answer questions.The forum, “Seven Counties; Seven Candidates,” marks the revitalization of a Democratic Party in Dawson County.“We haven’t been an active party until Aug. 20 when I was elected county chair, and the vice chair was elected to rebuild and rebegin the Democratic Party,” said Democratic Party Chair Vincent Irwin.Three candidates attended the forum in person.Statewide Agriculture commissioner candidate Susan Hays; Janet Dudding, seeking the state comptroller’s office; and Nathan Lewis, an independent candidate from Lubbock seeking ...