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5 Senate debates scheduled

Posted at 5:43 PM on September 19, 2008 by Tom Scheck

GOP Sen. Norm Coleman, DFLer Al Franken and I-P candidate Dean Barkley have agreed to five debates. Here are the details:

Sunday, October 5
Location: Rochester
Sponsor: Debate Minnesota

Saturday, October 11
Location: Twin Cities
Sponsor: Debate Minnesota and KARE-11 and Kare11.com

Thursday, October 16
Location: Duluth
Sponsor: Debate Minnesota

Friday, October 24
Location: Almanac
Sponsor: Twin Cities Public Television

Sunday, November 2
Location: Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
Sponsor: Minnesota Public Radio

The three campaigns acknowledge that, to reach agreement, each campaign made compromises in good faith regarding the number, venues, and formats of the debates. The candidates will not accept other debate invitations.

Specific times will be established and announced. The venues and panelists for the first three debates remain to be identified, and co-sponsors may be added. To promote substantive answers, the campaigns have agreed that, for the first three debates, each candidate will have two minutes to answer a question and one minute for rebuttal.

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