Eastern To Host 2nd Congressional Race Debate As Part Of Series

MANCHESTER, CT — Eastern Connecticut State University has been chosen as a site by Connecticut Public and the League of Women Voters of Connecticut in a series of eight debates they will co-produce in advance of the November general elections, including the statewide offices of governor, U.S. Senate, secretary of the state, and Connecticut’s five U.S. Congressional districts.

The debate series will run for seven weeks, beginning Sept. 15 and culminating with the gubernatorial debate at Fairfield University on October 27.

Here is the slate:

• Sept. 15, 8 p.m. — Secretary of the State (University of Hartford, Lincoln Theater, West Hartford), moderated by Walter Smith Randolph
• Sept. 22, 8 p.m. — 1st Congressional District (Manchester Community College, SBM Charitable Foundation Auditorium, Manchester), moderated by Ray Hardman
• Sept. 29, 8 p.m. — 2nd Congressional District (Eastern Connecticut State University, Fine Arts Instructional Center Concert Hall, Willimantic), moderated by Catherine Shen
• Oct. 6, 8 p.m. — 3rd Congressional District (Gateway Community College, Curan Community Center, New Haven), moderated by Lisa Hagen
• Oct. 13, 8 p.m. — 4th Congressional District (Norwalk Community College, David Levinson Theater, Norwalk), moderated by Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean
• Oct. 20, 8 p.m. — 5th Congressional District (Central Connecticut State University, Torp Theatre, New Britain), moderated by Frankie Graziano
• Oct. 25, 8 p.m. — United States Senate (Fairfield University, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield), moderated by John Henry Smith
• Oct. 27, 8 p.m. — Governor (Fairfield University, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield), moderated by Lucy Nalpathanchil

The location of the congressional debates at colleges and universities in the districts was designed with the goal of including as many students and young people as possible in the debate process, organizers said.

Each debate will feature a live audience and will be broadcast and streamed on Connecticut Public platforms, including CPTV, ctpublic.org, YouTube and Facebook Live, as well as the LWVCT website andYouTube channel. The debates will also be simulcast on Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR 90.5, WEDW and WVOF 88.5, WPKT 89.1 and streaming at ctpublic.org). Each debate will be moderated by Connecticut Public journalists. The debate series will also be produced as podcasts, accessible via the App Store, Google Play and other common podcast platforms.

In addition, a live stream will be offered to any media outlet or organization in the state that would like to stream the debates through their platform.