In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp and his Democratic challenger, Stacey Abrams, will debate at 7 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream will be available on Facebook and online.
Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa, a Republican, will debate Deirdre DeJear, a Democrat, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. It will be streamed live.
In a second debate for Ohio’s Senate candidates, Representative Tim Ryan, a Democrat, and J.D. Vance, a Republican, will take the stage again, at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Senator Mike Lee of Utah, a Republican, will debate an independent challenger, Evan McMullin, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream will be available online.
Tuesday, Oct. 18: Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota
In Colorado, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger, Joe O’Dea, will participate in a 30-minute forum on mental health at 12 p.m. Eastern time. The forum will not be streamed live, but a recording of the event will be available online on Thursday, Oct. 20.
In Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, will debate a Republican challenger, Darren Bailey, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. The debate will be aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and other stations across the state.
Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, a Democrat, will debate Scott Jensen, a Republican, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream will be available online.
Wednesday, Oct. 19: Oregon
Three candidates running for governor in Oregon will debate at 10 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream will be available online of the debate between Tina Kotek, a Democrat; Christine Drazan, a Republican; and Betsy Johnson, an independent.
Monday, Oct. 24: Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican, will debate his Democratic challenger, Representative Charlie Crist, at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The debate was originally scheduled for Oct. 12 but was postponed because of Hurricane Ian. A livestream will be available online.
Tuesday, Oct. 25: Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania
The Senate candidates in Colorado, Mr. Bennet and Mr. O’Dea, will again face off, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. Colorado Public Radio will broadcast the debate live online.
In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, will again debate Tudor Dixon, her Republican challenger, at 7 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream of the debate will be available online.
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican, are running for Senate in Pennsylvania and will debate at 8 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream will be available online.
Thursday, Oct. 27: Maine
In Maine, Gov. Janet T. Mills, a Democrat, will debate her Republican challenger, former Gov. Paul LePage, for a second time. The debate will begin at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Friday, Oct. 28: Colorado, Minnesota
Mr. Bennet of Colorado, will debate Mr. O’Dea a final time at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The event will be streamed live.
The candidates for governor of Minnesota, Mr. Walz and Mr. Jensen, will debate again, at 8 p.m. Eastern time. A livestream will be available online.
Past debates
Friday, Oct. 7: North Carolina, Wisconsin
Cheri Beasley, a Democratic former chief justice of the State Supreme Court, and Representative Ted Budd, who are competing for a Senate seat in North Carolina, met for a debate in Raleigh. Mr. Budd, a Republican, tried to paint the race as a referendum on President Biden, while Ms. Beasley sought to tie her opponent to election denialism and former President Donald J. Trump.
Read: ‘The Key Issues That Defined North Carolina’s Senate Debate’
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Barnes previously met for a debate in Madison that put their ideological differences on full display: Mr. Barnes embraced progressive ideas like marijuana legalization and the defense of Black Lives Matter protesters, while Mr. Johnson derided efforts to curb climate change.
Read: ‘Five Takeaways From the Wisconsin Senate Debate’
Thursday, Oct. 6: Arizona, Illinois
Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, a Democrat, and Blake Masters, his Republican challenger, met for a debate in Phoenix, where the topics included abortion, immigration and California’s water use.
Read: ‘Five Takeaways From the Arizona Senate Debate’
Mr. Pritzker and Mr. Bailey debated in Normal, Ill., as part of their contest for governor. Mr. Bailey pressed Mr. Pritzker, whose presidential ambitions are no secret, to pledge to serve out all four years of his term if re-elected. Moderators asked Mr. Bailey to explain comments that compared abortion to the Holocaust.
Read: ‘In Illinois Governor’s Debate, Bailey Tries to Put Pritzker on Defensive’
Wednesday, Oct. 5: Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas, a Democrat, and her Republican opponent, Derek Schmidt, the state attorney general, met for a debate in Kansas City. Mr. Schmidt danced around the issue of abortion, saying that while he preferred “a Kansas that has fewer abortions, not more,” he would respect the outcome of an August referendum in the state that preserved abortion rights.
Read: ‘G.O.P. Governor Candidate in Kansas Walks Abortion Tightrope in a Debate’
Tuesday, Oct. 4: Maine
Ms. Mills and Mr. LePage met before in a debate in Lewiston. Mr. LePage struggled to answer a question from a moderator about whether he would veto additional restrictions on abortion if a Republican legislature were to pass them.
Read: ‘LePage Stumbles on Abortion Questioning in Maine Governor’s Debate’
Monday, Oct. 10: Ohio
The first debate between the candidates for Senate in Ohio, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Vance, was sometimes heated and often personal.
Read: ‘Six Takeaways From the Vance-Ryan Debate in the Ohio Senate Race’
Wednesday, Oct. 12: Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico
Maryland’s candidates for governor, Dan Cox, a Republican, and Wes Moore, a Democrat, traded personal attacks in their only debate. Mr. Moore criticized Mr. Cox for supporting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and Mr. Cox accused Mr. Moore of falsifying details in his autobiography, which Mr. Moore has denied.
Read more from The Baltimore Sun: ‘Maryland governor candidates Dan Cox and Wes Moore trade jabs in sole debate’
In Massachusetts, the candidates for governor, Geoff Diehl, a Republican, and Maura Healey, a Democrat, argued over taxes, renewable energy and Mr. Trump’s legacy.
Read more from The Boston Globe: ‘Healey, Diehl spar on Trump, abortion rights, and affordability in first TV debate‘
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, a Democrat, and her Republican challenger, Mark Ronchetti, met for their second debate this year. Ms. Lujan Grisham attacked Mr. Ronchetti’s dearth of political experience, and Mr. Ronchetti questioned the incumbent about a $150,000 settlement she reached in 2020 with a former staff member who accused her of sexual harassment. Her campaign denies the allegations.
Read more from The Albuquerque Journal: ‘Gov candidates confront each other in combative debate’
Thursday, Oct. 13: Colorado, Michigan, Wisconsin
In the first Michigan governor’s debate, Ms. Whitmer, a Democrat who is seeking her second term, highlighted her experience in elected office over two decades. Ms. Dixon, her Republican challenger and a conservative TV news commentator, cast herself as a political outsider who says the state needs fixing.
Read: ‘Five Takeaways From the Michigan Governor’s Debate’
In the second Senate debate in Wisconsin, Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, and his Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, disagreed on abortion access, but neither candidate offered much in the way of specific policy changes they would support if elected.
Read: ‘Four Takeaways From the Barnes-Johnson Senate Debate’
Candidates for a newly created House seat in Colorado answered questions about oil and gas production, abortion access and a failed secession bid in 2013 that would have broken Northern Colorado off into a new state.
Read more from 9News: ‘CD8 candidates face off on economy, abortion, housing’
In a different debate, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, a Democrat, and his Republican challenger, Heidi Ganahl, went over their respective plans to eliminate income tax in the state.
Read more from The Colorado Sun: ‘What we learned about Jared Polis and Heidi Ganahl during their debate’
Friday, Oct. 14: Georgia, Wisconsin
Herschel Walker, a Republican challenging Senator Raphael Warnock, the Democratic incumbent in Georgia, went on the offensive in the pair’s first debate, at one point telling Mr. Warnock, a pastor, “Do not bear false witness.”
Read: ‘Walker Barrels Into Georgia Debate and Meets a Controlled Warnock’
In Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, and Tim Michels, a Republican, disagreed on gun control and parents’ power in setting school curriculums.
Read more from The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: ‘Takeaways from the only debate between Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and challenger Tim Michels’
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