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U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum on Sunday, Nov. 8 at UMass Amherst with Democratic and Republican Candidates

Nov. 5, 2009

*****MEDIA ADVISORY*****

Event: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum

Date: Sunday, Nov. 8, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public

Participants:
Democrats: U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei, and Stephen Pagliuca
Republicans: State Sen. Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson have committed to attending.
Attorney General Martha Coakley has not committed due to a schedule conflict

Location: Bowker Auditorium, located in Stockbridge Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Mass.

Parking: Campus Center parking garage, adjacent to Stockbridge Hall

Sponsors: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts with
WFCR 88.5FM/ WNNZ 640AM, NPR radio, Amherst

Moderator: Bob Paquette, host of Morning Edition, on WFCR

Format: Half of the forum will be devoted to domestic issues and half to international issues. The moderator will read two or three questions on a given topic, each candidate will be asked to respond to any or all of those questions, and then the topic will continue to be discussed briefly by the candidates before the moderator moves on to the next subject. Questions will have been submitted by League members around the state and by UMass students.

Contacts:
League of Women Voters: Shawna Reid, executive director, sreid@wvma.org
617/523-2999, cell: 617/480-0232

UMass Amherst: Ed Blaguszewski, edblag@admin.umass.edu, 413/545-0444, cell: 413/695-4522 (contact for technical questions as well)

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