Democrats in U.S. Senate Runoff Will Debate
The two Democrats competing in the July 31 runoff for U.S. Senate are set to participate in a televised debate on Tuesday, June 26.
The one-hour debate between former state Rep. Paul Sadler, of Henderson, and retired educator Grady Yarbrough will be hosted by KERA, the Dallas PBS affiliate that is also hosting a debate this Friday between the Republican candidates in the Senate race, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz. The Texas Tribune is a partner in both debates; executive editor Ross Ramsey will be one of three journalists to ask questions of ...
Comments (3)
Phyllis Wolper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
It is about time that the media pay attention to the Democratic race - all of Texas politics do not revolve around the other party.
John Reiser via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Phyllis, I agree. However, I'll still bet Yarbrough is a no-show.
Michael Miranda
The Republican's Senate debate will be broadcast live by KERA and live-streamed by The Texas Tribune but no live broadcast or live-streaming of the Democrat's Senate debate. Again we see unequal coverage in this election favoring the Republicans over the Democrats by the very people who try to claim they are not biased in any way.