The Lost Pines Republican Women will host a free GOP Candidates Forum on Monday, January 24 at the Bastrop Convention Center, located at 1408 Chestnut Street in Bastrop.The forum will begin with networking at 6 p.m. and the program will start promptly at 6:30 p.m.All Republican candidates running for state and county elected office have been invited. Various candidates have already confirmed their attendance, including candidates for the positions of governor; comptroller of public accounts; railroad commissioner; agriculture commissioner; commissioner of the General Land Office; justice, Third Court of Appeals; Texas House District 17; Bastrop County judge; Bastrop County treasurer;