Shown is the Capitol ahead of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's scheduled budget address for the 2022-23 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania in the Spotlight: the Republican governor debate, watch it live
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Shown is the Capitol ahead of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's scheduled budget address for the 2022-23 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
As a founding member of Spotlight PA, WITF is joining with an unprecedented coalition of major media companies and leading colleges in Pennsylvania to present a Republican governor’s debate.
The debates are hosted by Spotlight PA and its founding members — The Philadelphia Inquirer, Trib Total Media, PennLive/The Patriot-News, and WITF — in conjunction with Dickinson College, the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, and PCN.
The Republican gubernatorial debate will be held at 7 p.m. April 19 at Gettysburg College featuring five candidates: Jake Corman, Joe Gale, Charlie Gerow, Melissa Hart, and Nche Zama. Four campaigns initially required a Republican moderator and other criteria rejected by the nonpartisan sponsors to preserve the credibility of the event. The Corman campaign later requested to join with no preconditions.
The 90-minute format will feature WITF’s Scott LaMar, host of Smart Talk, as the moderator with questions from PennLive’s Ivey DeJesus and WITF’s Scott Blanchard.
The campaigns had no role in determining the panelists or the topics, and the organizations applaud their willingness to face questions and address voters without preconditions.
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