U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum on Sunday, Nov. 8 at UMass Amherst with Democratic and Republican Candidates
Nov. 5, 2009
| Contact: | Ed Blaguszewski 413/545-0444 |
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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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