Carper has yet to respond to a debate challenge issued by Kerri Harris.
Progressive civil rights activist and U.S. Senate hopeful Kerri Evelyn Harris has officially challenged Senator Tom Carper to a debate as she seeks the seat that the longtime incumbent has held for nearly two decades.
Harris spoke out exclusively with Delaware 105.9 on Wednesday to officially challenge Carper to a debate and said it was “imperative that voters get to hear who they’re actually voting for and why. I have to explain to you why you should follow me and he should have to explain the same thing.”
In an interview with reporter Rob Petree, Harris said voters should have a right to know where both she and Sen. Carper stand on a host of issues in the form of a debate…
“If we’re only dependent on reading articles to get to know who you’re voting on, then you’re missing a whole area that becomes gray and that’s a problem,” Harris said. “People need to know where I stand and where he stands on healthcare, education, water quality, and creating quality jobs.”
Harris said Sussex County lacks the infrastructure to encourage companies to locate here and that Sen. Carper has failed to do what he said he would.
“We keep hearing that he is going to create this great system, but he’s had decades to make it happen and we’re failing here and that’s a problem,” Harris explained. “I want to know personally where he’s going to stand and if I get the opportunity to do so I want to do it in front of everybody, with him there to be able to rebuttal, and for me to show that I am the best candidate.”
