Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chris Murphy has agreed to nine debates between now and November, his campaign announced Thursday morning.
His Republican opponent Linda McMahon has said she would participate in four debates — and she wants two of them to be focused exclusively on jobs.
Murphy says he’s agreed to the following debates:
September 24, NBC Connecticut
October 7, WFSB Face the State
October 10, Waterbury Chamber of Commerce
October 11 – Fox 61/Courant at the University of Connecticut
October 15, The Day/WTNH at the Garde Theater in New London
October 18, Connecticut Broadcasters Association in Hartford
October 19, WABC/New York Times/Univision
October 27, NAACP in New Haven
Murphy has also accepted an invitation to participate in a debate hosted by the AARP in Bridgeport. AARP is currently working to find a date that works for both candidates.
“People deserve to hear from their Senate candidates face to face in an unscripted setting, and voters will be able to see firsthand the difference between the endless 30-second attack ads, and my plan to bring jobs back to Connecticut and strengthen our middle class,” Murphy said.
The McMahon camp said it will only participate in four debates: Oct. 7 (WFSB), Oct. 11 (Fox 61/Courant/UConn), Oct. 15 (The Day/WTNH) and Oct. 18 (Connecticut Broadcasters Association.)
“Linda McMahon has agreed to engage Chris Murphy in four statewide, televised debates during the general election, which is one more than presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will conduct,” said McMahon spokesman Todd Abrajano.
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Thousands of CT jobs evaporated while Chris Murphy was asleep at the switch in DC. Now he says he has a jobs plan and wants a promotion to implement it? No thanks! Six years of Chris Murphy is plenty for me. He has not earned another six years.
Yes had nothing to do with the Republicant controlled Congress, right?
well, Matt….the Republicans gained control of the House in 2010 but the Senate remained in control of the Democrats…so you’re right, it has nothing to do with the Republicans controlling Congress…
Nine debates….the true indication of a man who has nothing to say but is willing to say it over and over again….the Nancy Pelosi puppet wants a chance to be a Harry Reid puppet…..
Appearing at a NAACP debate in late October would never work for a dog-whistling McMahon campaign.
And I agree, that Obama hasn’t been able to clean-up George Bush’s mess in just one term. It would have helped if Congressional Republicans had been patriotic enough to at least be bi-partisan when it came to the American economy and unemployed. But that didn’t fit into their game plan to obstruct at all cost….
Clearly McMahon is not prepared enough if she will only debate 5 less times than Murphy would. Some may argue that Murphy wants to just say the same things multiple times, but I believe that he has true messages to send to the people while McMahon wants as little time as possible on the air unless it is another one of her horribly misleading advertisement. She should try her hand at State senate or house of representatives before jumping to a position as serious as U.S. Senator.
His msg is i can do what ever i want, get loans no one else could get, not bother to show up for work, vote however Nancy Pelosi tell’s me to, and cut ct jobs, now i want a raise.