McCain, Kirkpatrick Schedule First Debate
By Gavin Maxwell | Cronkite News
Arizona’s two major U.S. Senate candidates, Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick and Sen. John McCain, will face one another in an October debate.
The debate is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Oct. 10, airing live on Arizona PBS, azcentral.comand the Cronkite News Facebook page. Arizona PBS and The Arizona Republic are sponsoring the event.
Candidates will discuss topics and answer questions on foreign, domestic and regional issues. The moderators are Arizona PBS’s Ted Simons, host of Arizona Horizon, and the Republic’s Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, a political reporter. Members of the public will have a chance to ask each candidate questions through social media.
“We are excited the two candidates turned to two of the state’s most-trusted media outlets to host this important debate,” said Christopher Callahan, Arizona PBS CEO and dean of Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “We hope this debate will help inform voters across the state on a critically important election.”
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