Just in from our local public television station in Appleton:
Pioneer Public Television has scheduled a series of debates between candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives to air in September and October. The Meet the Candidate debates will be broadcast live from Pioneer Public TV's studios in Appleton. Viewers we be able to call in or email questions to the candidates during the hour long debates, which will be moderated by Morris area attorney Amy Doll.
To date, the following schedule of debates have been confirmed by the participating candidates:
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Thursday, September 25 7:00 PM -- House District 12A Jay McNamar (DFL) Elbow Lake Jeff Backer (R) Browns Valley
8:00 PM -- House District 12B Gordon Wagner (DFL) Glenwood Paul Anderson (R) Starbuck
Thursday, October 2 7:00 PM -- House District 16A Laurie Driessen (DFL) Canby Chris Swedzinski (R) Ghent
8:00 PM -- House District 16B James Kanne (DFL) Franklin Paul Torkelson (R) Hanska
Thursday, October 9 8:00 PM -- House District 17A Andrew Falk (DFL) Murdock Tim Miller (R) Prinsburg
9:00 PM -- House District 17B Mary Sawatzky (DFL) Willmar Dave Baker (R) Willmar |
 Moderator Amy Doll
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Other debates have been scheduled for the remaining weeks in the campaign season but the dates have not yet been confirmed by all the candidates. In addition to these House of Representative debates, Pioneer is using its new mobile studio to broadcast the first of the gubernatorial debates to a statewide audience live from the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester on Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00 p.m. Pioneer is also working to schedule a 7th Congressional District debate between Collin Peterson and Torrey Westrom for late October.
Screenshot: Viewers can watch Andrew Falk (left] and Tim Miller (right), seen here in their 2012 Meet the Candidates forum for HD17A, face off again at 8 p.m. on October 9. Their meeting will be followed at 9 p.m.,by Mary Sawatzky and Dave Baker, candidates in 17B.
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