David Mann reports that Baron Hill and Mike Sodrel, the Democratic and Republican candidates to represent the 9th Congressional District, have verbally agreed to an August 31, 2006 debate; format details are still being negotiated. WTIU will broadcast the debate.
Phil Meyer, WTIU station manager, says that he would prefer that Libertarian candidate Eric Schansberg be included in the debate, but that Schansberg’s participation would require the agreement of Hill and Sodrel. Apparently the Green Party candidate was included in the 2004 debate.
The 2004 debate had questions coming from a panel of journalists. The Sodrel campaign has said that it would prefer questions that also came from the audience, not solely from media organizations.
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