MPBN Gubernatorial Debate at UMaine Nov. 1
Contact: Lou Morin, MPBN (lmorin@mpbn.org) 1-800-884-1717
Joe Carr, University of Maine (joecarr@maine.edu), 581-3571
ORONO — Five Maine gubernatorial hopefuls will square off in a broadcast debate, scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 1 at the University of Maine’s Maine Center for the Arts. Maine Public Broadcasting will provide live statewide coverage on television and radio.
Gov. John Baldacci and challengers Pat LaMarche, Barbara Merrill, Phillip Morris NaPier and Chandler Woodcock will participate in the 90-minute debate. It will be the final such forum before Maine’s Nov. 7 election.
MPBN’s Fred Bever will host the debate, which will include three panelists: Bangor Daily News reporter A. J. Higgins, UMaine professor Michael Socolow and MPBN’s Susan Sharon. The format also allows for audience members and selected UMaine students to pose questions to the candidates.
Admission to the event is free, and tickets are not required.
Reporters will have access to reserved seating in the last row of the lower section of the hall. A video and audio mult box will be available for those journalists who wish to record the debate.