Last Updated on October 8, 2016 by cassnetwork
The following information regarding debates between candidates for president and vice president, and Indiana’s candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, was compiled from information from the Indiana Debate Commission and Commission on Presidential Debates.
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
The second presidential debate on Sunday, Oct. 9 will take the form of a town meeting, in which half of the questions will be posed directly by citizen participants and the other half will be posed by the moderator based on topics of broad public interest as reflected in social media and other sources. The candidates will have two minutes to respond and there will be an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate further discussion. The town meeting participants will be uncommitted voters selected by the Gallup Organization.The moderators will be Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent and Co-Anchor of “This Week,” ABC, and Anderson Cooper, Anchor, CNN
The debate will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO from 9 – 10:30 p.m.
A third presidential debate is set for Wednesday, Oct. 19 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas from 9 to 10:30 p.m. The moderator will be Chris Wallace, Anchor, Fox News Sunday. The format will be identical to the first presidential debate.
US SENATE DEBATE
Democrat Evan Bayh, Republican Todd Young and Libertarian Lucy Brenton will meet Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in a televised debate organized by the Indiana Debate Commission.
Members of the public can submit questions they would put to the candidates. Questions can be submitted to the IDC through its website at http://indianadebatecommission.com. The debate commission will select questions on a variety of topics for use in the debates.
GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
The third debate between Indiana’s candidates for governor on Oct. 25 will focus on health and social issues.