Stauber, Schultz to face off in Wednesday WDIO debate
Oct. 18—DULUTH — The first debate between Minnesota 8th Congressional District candidates is set for Wednesday evening and will air on WDIO.
The debate between incumbent Congressman Pete Stauber, a Republican from Hermantown, and his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Jen Schultz, of Duluth, will begin at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17 after the 6 p.m. news. It will run break-free until 7 p.m., according to Rob Heverling, WDIO news director.
Baihly Warfield and Darren Danielson, WDIO anchors and reporters, will host the debate inside the WDIO studio.
The debate will be broadcast live on WDIO and it will be streamed on
, the WDIO
YouTube channel
and the WDIO
Facebook page,
Heverling said.
It's the first of three debates between Schultz and Stauber.
The next is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24 at Madden's On Gull Lake in Brainerd.
It will be streamed on the Facebook pages of both the
Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce
and
KSTP-TV Facebook pages
. Audio will then be rebroadcast on WCCO Radio later in the week,
according to the chamber's website.
A final forum between the two is scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 on Hibbing Public Access Television.
It will air live on Hibbing Mediacom Channels 807 and 117-7 and stream live on
the
Hibbing Public Access Television Facebook page,
its
Youtube channel,
ROKU Channel and AppleTV app.
