Texas Tech Public Media and the Lubbock Chapter of the NAACP hosted the "West Texas Town Hall: Lubbock Mayoral Forum" on April 14 at the Patterson Branch Library. During the event, all five candidates answered questions that highlighted their character and their plans for the city should they be elected. Many of the questions were selected from citizen submissions.
This was the first forum in which all five candidates participated. They are: Tray Payne, Gulrez "Gus" Khan, Stephen Sanders, Adam Hernandez and Epifanio "Major" Garza. The event was moderated by Texas Tech Public Media's Sarah Self-Walbrick and the NAACP's Milton Lee.
The forum was broadcasted on PBS, channel 5, and KTTZ 89.1 FM on April 18, 2022. A second television broadcast also aired on May 5th.