Final details have been locked down for ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s Oct. 19 debate between Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Paul Sadler, who are running to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate.
Part of ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºâ€™s long-running Texas Debates project, the hourlong event starts at 7 p.m. in the station’s Dallas studio. It will air live in Dallas on Channel 13 and 90.1 FM, and it’s being offered free of charge to TV and radio stations around the state.
Shelley Kofler, the managing editor of ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº, will moderate, with a panel of journalists including Peggy Fikac, Austin bureau chief for the San Antonio Express-News/Houston Chronicle; Ross Ramsey, executive editor of The Texas Tribune; and Pedro Rojas, reporter/news anchor for Houston’s Univision station, KXLN-Channel 45.
ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº considered every candidate on the ballot, based on its longstanding viewpoint-neutral . Cruz and Sadler were the only candidates who met all those criteria.
The debate comes a little more than two weeks after the first Texas senatorial debate. It will be produced by ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº in partnership with Univision Texas, The Texas Tribune, the Houston Chronicle, the San Antonio Express-News, Texas Association of Broadcasters, Texas State Networks and the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas. Univision will provide Spanish-language translation.
The winner in the Nov. 6 general election will take the seat of Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is retiring from Congress.
