Mark your calendars! The local General Election debate season is upon us and this notice is of a series of three debates being sponsored/presented by WHYY and WDEL for the Governor’s race, the House Representative race and the Senate race. The (edited) press release with the details follows:
WHYY TO CO-PRESENT, BROADCAST THREE DEBATES FEATURING DELAWARE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR, HOUSE, SENATE
What: WHYY will co-present with WDEL three Delaware debates, including the first between candidates for Delaware governor, hosted by Widener Law.Following are the debate dates and featured candidates:
• Tuesday, Oct.16: Incumbent Gov. Jack Markell (D) vs. Jeffrey Cragg (R) and Mark Perri (Green)
• Wednesday, Oct. 24: Incumbent U.S. Rep. John Carney (D) vs. Tom Kovach (R), Bernard August (Green) and Scott Gesty (Libertarian)
• Wednesday, Oct. 30: Incumbent U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D) vs. Kevin Wade (R), Andrew Groff (Green) and Alexander Pires (I)WDEL news anchors Peter MacArthur or Mellany Armstrong will moderate the debates, which will be broadcast live on 1150 WDEL-AM and at WDEL.com and Law.Widener.edu. WHYY-TV will broadcast the debates Oct. 17 for the governor’s race, Oct. 26 for the U.S. House race and Oct. 31 for the U.S. Senate race, all at 5 and 11 p.m.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend. Free parking is available.
When: Oct. 16, 24 and 30 from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
Where: Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom, Widener Law, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington
First off, I’m delighted that all of the candidates on the ballot are included to this debate, and many thanks to WHYY and WDEL for that organizational inclusion. I’m not sure if other debates are including the 3rd party candidates, so if you are interested in seeing what they have to say, I’d take advantage of this opportunity. Second, I posted this up abit early so you could make arrangements to be at these morning debates — if you are like me, you’ll need to make arrangements with your employer to be late that day.
Hope you’ll come out or at least tune in!
h/t Brian Rossiter at WHYY