U.S. Senate Debates Announced

Ohio’s major-party U.S. Senate candidates have announced a series of debates. The campaigns of republican incumbent Rob Portman and democratic challenger Ted Strickland, the former Ohio Governor, said Wednesday they’ve scheduled the three face-offs for October. The events will be in Youngstown October 14^th, in Columbus on October 17^th and in Cleveland on October 20^th. The series takes place over six days and notably skirts the state’s heavily blue-collar northwest quadrant and Portman’s hometown of Cincinnati. A joint statement from the campaigns says the debates will provide Ohioans the chance to learn about and evaluate both candidates’ stands on critical issues.