UALR’s University Theatre will be the site for the first major debate among Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate: incumbent U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, and Little Rock businessman D.C. Morrison at 7 p.m. Friday, April 23. The debate is sponsored by KATV Channel 7, Little Rock’s ABC affiliate.
This year’s race for the seat held by the two-term incumbent and chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee is garnering national attention.
The debate will be broadcast live from UALR’s University Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts and will be moderated by KATV anchor Scott Inman.
KATV will be joined in the telecast by the state’s Northwest Arkansas ABC affiliate KHBS/KHOG in Fort Smith/Fayetteville. Live internet coverage will be provided on the websites of KATV and KHBS/KHOG, along with POLITICO at www.politico.com/2010, the popular national political website owned and operated by KATV’s parent company, Allbritton Communications.
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Inman will be joined by a panel of journalists, including KHBS/KHOG anchorman Craig Cannon, KATV reporter Jessica Dean, and POLITICO reporter David Catanese. In addition to questions from the journalists on the panel,
Inman will pose viewer email questions to the three candidates via KATV’s website. (
http://www.katv.com/ )
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