Politics & Government

2nd NJ Governor's Debate Between Ciattarelli, Sherrill Is Wednesday Night

The debate will be held at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center and will be moderated by ABC News anchors.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The second debate in the New Jersey governor's race will be held Wednesday evening at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

This will be the final of two public debates between Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill. The debate will be held from 7 - 8 p.m. Wednesday; the debate itself will be closed to the public.

It will be moderated by ABC News anchors Tamala Edwards and Bill Ritter.

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The debate will be broadcast live on ABC7/WABC-TV New York, 6abc/WPVI-TV Philadelphia and across the news stations’ streaming and digital platforms. The debate will also be steamed on ABC News Live, with a live simulcast on Univision 41 New York with Spanish captioning.

The first Ciattarelli/Sherrill debate was held Sept. 21 at Rider University. That debate, which you can watch in its entirety here, included tense exchanges over affordability in New Jersey, property taxes, schools, immigration, political violence and President Donald Trump.

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New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states that will have a governor's election this year. The election will be Nov. 4.

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