A candidate for the St. Joseph School District Board of Education reportedly suffered a stroke during a candidate forum Friday.

Tami Pasley said Monday on 680 KFEQ’s Hotline that as soon as the forum was over Friday morning she went straight to the hospital and spent 24 hours in ICU.

“I had been sick all week and so I just thought I was having difficulty with upper respiratory and all that.  I knew going in my voice wasn’t going to be real great in answering questions and getting out my message but then about 20 minutes into the program I knew that something was wrong,” Pasley said. “I wasn’t able to really form my words and I picked up my pen to write down a note on something to speak on and I couldn’t form a letter.

She said because she knew it was live radio and one of the other candidates, Dr. Bryan Green was a physician that she was able to make it through the forum before heading to the emergency room.

“I just hung in there and hopefully communicated some of my message,” Pasley said. “I left the forum and went to the hospital and found out I’d had a stroke.”

Monday morning, Pasley said she is fine now and is ready to continue her campaign.

A total of 10 people are running for two spots on the board. That list includes:

Eric Bruder
Maggie Elder
Michael Dulcan
Tami Pasley
Teresa Simmons
Art VanMeter
Dr. Bryan Green
Sarah Hochschwender
John Paul Leo Stehr
Kathy Northup

All of the candidates met at the Radison Saint Joseph Riverfront Hotel Friday to debate everything from how to fund the district’s budget to community involvement in the district’s future.

Voters will cast their votes for board candidates in the April 5th election.