From Seth A. Richardson at cleveland.com:
The City Club of
Cleveland will host a free Democratic gubernatorial debate in early December,
the first in the Cleveland area.
The debate is
scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 4 at the Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre
in the Idea Center at Playhouse Square. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The debate also
will be live-streamed on the City Club's website, ideastream and WKYC Channel
3.
Four of the five
declared candidates are scheduled to be on stage. Former state Rep. Connie
Pillich, state Sen. Joe Schiavoni, former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton and Dayton
Mayor Nan Whaley are all confirmed participants.
Not included in
the lineup are Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill and outgoing Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray. Cordray has not yet
announced whether he will run and O'Neill has yet to go through the vetting
process - and has told the party he will drop out if Cordray enters.
Possible candidate Justice O’Neill made headlines today when he responded to the Al
Franken scandal by disclosing his own conquests (via Washington Examiner).
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