Debate and Public Forum Featuring the Democratic Candidates for Florida's National Senate Seat set for August 25 at New College in Sarasota.

The New College Democrats, official Democratic Party affiliate of New College of Florida, is proud to announce a public forum and debate between the Democratic candidates contending for the US Senate seat currently held by Democrat Bob Graham. The event will take place on August 25th at 6:00 PM at the Sudakoff Center on the New College of Florida campus, located at 5700 N. Tamiami Trail. It begins at 6:00 pm with an opening reception where the candidates will greet members of the public.

Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) August 20, 2004

The New College Democrats, official Democratic Party affiliate of New College of Florida, is proud to announce a public forum and debate among the three announced Democratic candidates, contending for the Florida’s vacant US Senate seat (currently held by Democrat Bob Graham). The event will be held on August 25th at 6:00 PM at the Sudakoff Center on the New College of Florida campus, located at 5700 N. Tamiami Trail and will run from 6:00 PM until 9:30 PM. Senate Candidates Betty Castor, Peter Deutsch, and Alex Penelas will be participating.

The event will open with a reception that will provide an opportunity for candidates to greet members of the public and host tables featuring campaign materials and literature. At 7:00 PM we will begin the debate, which will consist of candidate speeches followed by two minutes per candidate to answer each question followed by a one-minute rebuttal period. Questions for the debate have been submitted by members of the New College community and will be posed to all three candidates. The order of questions and rebuttals will rotate for each question. The debate will continue until approximately 8:00 PM, at which time the floor will be opened for members of the audience to pose questions to the candidates directly. The public forum will continue until 9:00 PM, when candidates will be available in the lobby to answer further questions from the public.

Candidate profiles and fact sheets will be made available to the public; additionally, campaigns may also have literature to distribute. The debate and all materials will be free and open to the public.

For further information please contact Zeeshan Hafeez at ncdems@yahoo.com or 941-359-4250. Or contact New College Public Affairs at 941-359-4312 or jhartvigsen@ncf.edu.

http://studentweb.ncf.edu/dems/

Contact:    

Zeeshan Javed Hafeez

New College Democrats

941-359-4250

ncdems@yahoo.com

Jake Hartvigsen

New College Public Affairs

941-359-4312

jhartvigsen@ncf.edu


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