COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans will host the first election forum of 2012 with the announced Republican Candidates for Kootenai County Sheriff at their noon lunch meeting today at Fedora Pub & Grille, 1726 W. Kathleen Ave.

Candidates Bob Foster, John Green, Keith Hutcheson and Ben Wolfinger have been invited to participate.

They will compete to be the Republican nominee selected during the May 15 Kootenai County primary election.

In 2010 KCRR held candidates forums and debates for various offices contested in the Republican primary, including county commissioners, coroner and state senator.