Light from the morning sun illuminates the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. With Democrats holding a thin majority in Congress, passage of President Joe Biden's sweeping legislative agenda will be a challenge as negotiations continue in the 50-50 Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Light from the morning sun illuminates the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. With Democrats holding a thin majority in Congress, passage of President Joe Biden's sweeping legislative agenda will be a challenge as negotiations continue in the 50-50 Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Five candidates running in Pennsylvania’s primary election for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination will gather at Dickinson College for a debate hosted by WITF and Spotlight PA and its founding members on April 26.
Candidates Kathy Barnette, Jeff Bartos, George Bochetto, Sean Gale, and Carla Sands, are scheduled to appear. The debate will be moderated by Scott LaMar, host of WITF’s Smart Talk, with questions posed by PennLive’s Ivey DeJesus, Paula Reed Ward of TribLIVE, and Jonathan Tamari of The Inquirer.
Seven candidates are running for the GOP nomination. Mehmet Oz was unable to “attend the debate on Tuesday due to a scheduling conflict,” his spokesperson said. Dave McCormick’s campaign responded to initial communications about the debate but not to requests to confirm he was not attending or to provide the reason why.
The 90-minute debate is not open to the public, but will be streamed online free starting at 7 p.m.
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