As part of our continuing partnership with Connecticut Public, and in recognition of the Connecticut League of Women Voters and its efforts to promote civic-mindedness, The Newtown Bee is proudly co-presenting a series of political debate webcasts being presented by these two organizations.

The series continues October 11, and is scheduled to conclude on October 27.

All readers and visitors need to do is visit newtownbee.com at the designated time, locate this debate reminder, and click on the headline. Once the article page opens, just click on the arrow in the middle of the video screen below and tune in:

The debates and corresponding webcasts are set for on select Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm. Readers are invited to submit questions by CLICKING HERE.

For anyone interested in watching via webcast, or attending in-person, the dates, locations and moderators for the remaining series of debates are scheduled as follows:

*Tuesday, October 11, 8 pm – 1st Congressional District (Manchester Community College, SBM Charitable Foundation Auditorium, Manchester), moderated by Ray Hardman

*Thursday, October 13, 8 pm – 4th Congressional District (Norwalk Community College, David Levinson Theater, Norwalk), moderated by Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean

*Tuesday, October 18, 8 pm – Secretary of the State (University of Hartford, Lincoln Theater, West Hartford), moderated by Walter Smith Randolph

*Thursday, October 20, 8 pm – 5th Congressional District (Central Connecticut State University, Torp Theater, New Britain), moderated by Frankie Graziano

*Tuesday, October 25, 8 pm – United States Senate (Fairfield University, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield), moderated by John Henry Smith

The final debate is scheduled for Thursday, October 27, at 8 pm between Governor Ned Lamont and GOP challenger Bob Stefanowski at Fairfield University's Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts - to be moderated by Lucy Nalpathanchil.

However, on September 16, the reelection campaign for Governor Ned Lamont announced it will participate in two debates and four candidate forums ahead of the November 8 election.

The first of those debates aired September 27.

The second, according to the Lamont campaign, will be co-hosted by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) and WTNH on Tuesday, November 1, at the CCM Annual Meeting at Mohegan Sun Casino.

"These are the only debates in which Governor Lamont will be participating," the release stated. A representative of CTPublic told The Newtown Bee, "we are still working on it."

The location of the congressional debates at colleges and universities in the districts was designed with the goal of including as many students and young people as possible in the debate process.

Each debate will feature a live audience and will be broadcast and streamed on Connecticut Public platforms, including CPTV, ctpublic.org, YouTube and Facebook Live, as well as the LWVCT website and YouTube channel. The debates will also be simulcast on Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR 90.5, WEDW and WVOF 88.5, WPKT 89.1 and streaming at ctpublic.org).

Each debate will be moderated by Connecticut Public journalists. The debate series will also be produced as podcasts, accessible via the App Store, Google Play and other common podcast platforms.

To learn more about the League of Women Voters of Connecticut, visit www.lwvct.org.