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Candidates for governor and congress will face off ahead of the Sept. 10 Delaware Primary at two debates announced this week.
All qualified candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties have been invited to participate in the debates sponsored by the Delaware Journalism Collaborative.
The collaborative is comprised of 23 independent newsrooms and media organizations statewide, including Delaware Online/The News Journal.
Here’s what we know about the upcoming debates.
Who will be participating in the debates?
The first debate will feature the candidates running for governor.
This will include Democrats Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and former Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Secretary Collin O’Mara, as well as Republicans Jerrold A. Price, state Rep. Mike Ramone and lifelong Delawarean Bobby Williamson.
The second debate will feature candidates running for the First State’s lone seat in the United States House of Representatives.
This will include Democrats Earl Cooper, state Senator Sarah McBride and Elias Weir; and Republicans businesswoman Donyale Hall and John J. Whalen III.
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When will the debates take place?
The gubernatorial debate is scheduled to take place at the Dover Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 14 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The Congressional debate will take place in the main branch of the Wilmington Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Can voters attend the debates?
According to the press release, attendance for both debates will be through invitation only.
However, Delaware voters will be able to access and view the debates on both the DJC YouTube channel and Facebook page.
The gubernatorial debate can be watched at youtube.com/live/P5CeDNUkSdE, while the Congressional debate can be watched at youtube.com/live/TpfNbfsXp4Y.
For more information, residents can email info@dejournalism.org.
Olivia Montes covers state government and community impact for Delaware Online/The News Journal. Reach her at omontes@delawareonline.com.
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Delaware Sen. Chris Coons is leading a Congressional bipartisan delegation to Denmark later this week. Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride will join Coons alongside Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Gregory Meeks of New York and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina.
The visit comes as President Donald Trump has threatened the country’s capital Copenhagen over his desire to annex Greenland into the United States. In recent statements, Trump has not ruled out purchasing or using military action against Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
“I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said last week.
In a news release, Coons said the trip is meant to highlight more than 200 years of friendship between the two countries. The delegation will meet with Danish and Greenlandic government and business leaders to discuss issues including Arctic security and strengthening trade relations.
“Denmark has always been a strong diplomatic, economic, and security partner who sacrificed more lives than any other country relative to its population when the United States invoked Article 5 following the September 11 attacks,” Coons said in a statement. “At a time of increasing international instability, we need to draw closer to our allies, not drive them away, and this delegation will send a clear message that Congress is committed to NATO and our network of alliances.”
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