The New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey, and Rider University will host the first debate of the race for governor between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli on Sunday, September 21, at 7 PM.
The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission today awarded the second gubernatorial debate to WABC-TV in New York, WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, and the Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. ELEC has asked for a mid-October debate at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
ELEC also awarded the sole debate between the two candidates for lieutenant governor, between Republican James Gannon and Democrat Dale Caldwell, for early October to PIX 11 (WPIX) in New York, PHL-17 in Philadelphia, NewsNation, and The Hill.
The New Jersey Globe/On New Jersey/Rider University application will include a Town Hall-style debate between Sherrill and Ciattarelli, moderated by On New Jersey host Laura Jones, with David Wildstein and Joey Fox of the New Jersey Globe, Rebovich Institute of New Jersey Politics at Rider University Director Micah Rasmussen, and Sophie Nieto-Muñoz of the New Jersey Monitor. The debate will also air on C-SPAN.
“ELEC really deserves a lot of credit for supporting local news and in-state coverage of the governor’s race,” said Rasmussen.
Bill Ritter of Eyewitness News and Tamala Edwards of 6 NBC will moderate the second debate.
A large number of applicants unsuccessfully competed for the three debates: MSNBC with USA Today Network/Gannett and William Paterson University; CNN with Monmouth University; NBC News 4 New York, NBC 10 Philadelphia, Telemundo 47, Telemundo 62, New Jersey Advance Media (NJ.com), the Philadelphia Inquirer, WBGO 88.3; and the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center; New Jersey PBS and New Jersey Spotlight News with WNYC and WHYY; News 12 New Jersey; and Saint Elizabeth University with Drew University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association with Michelle Siekerka, Spotlight New Jersey, New Jersey Monitor, and the New Jersey Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey and Rider University had also sought a gubernatorial debate at the Donald M. Payne, Sr. School of Technology in Newark in October, and a lieutenant governor debate at a small microbrewery in Burlington County.
The New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey and Rider University hosted Democratic and Republican gubernatorial primary debates in February and in May.
“We are enormously grateful to the Election Law Enforcement Commission for choosing a proposal that we worked hard to reflect the way New Jersey voters are now consuming information,” Rasmussen said. “It’s incredibly gratifying to work with the New Jersey Globe and On New Jersey to help educate voters as they choose who will run the state for the next four years. We’re excited to welcome the gubernatorial campaign back to Rider on September 21. New Jersey politics has not seen a night like this before.”
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