WisBar News
October 22, 2002
Attorney general candidates debate Oct. 25 at Capitol
The Republican and Democratic candidates for state attorney general will debate Friday at the Capitol in an event cosponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin, WisPolitics.com, and WTDY-AM in Madison.
Attorney general candidates debate Oct. 25 at Capitol
October 22, 2002
MADISON, Wis. -- The Republican and Democratic
candidates for state attorney general will debate Friday at the Capitol
in an event cosponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin, WisPolitics.com,
and WTDY-AM in Madison. It is the only formal debate of the campaign
between the two candidates in Madison.
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Lautenschlager
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Republican Vince Biskupic and Democrat Peg Lautenschlager are vying
for the post held since 1991 by Democrat Jim Doyle, who is running for
governor. Biskupic is the Outagamie County district attorney in
Appleton. Lautenschlager is a former Winnebago County district attorney,
a former state lawmaker from Fond du Lac, and a former U.S. attorney in
Madison. Polls have shown the attorney general race to be a dead heat.
This and other late debates will help voters decide who should be the
state's top law enforcement officer.
The debate is open is open to the public and will take place in the
Joint Finance Committee room of the state Capitol (fourth floor, room
412-East) from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. A moderator, to be
announced, will ask candidates screened questions submitted by sponsors
and the audience; audience members who want to submit questions must do
so by 1:45 p.m. in writing at the event site. Questions also may be
submitted via e-mail through www.wispolitics.com.
The event will be broadcast live outside Madison on the state's
distance education network (sites to be announced). WTDY-AM (1670 AM and
www.wtdy.com) will broadcast the
debate on Saturday at noon; listeners around the state can tune in via
the Internet at www.wtdy.com. Other
broadcast arrangements are in the works.
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The debate will be held before an audience in the Joint Finance
Committee room (fourth floor, room 412-East) at the Capitol and
broadcast live from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. over the
state's distance education network to audiences at three sites.
The sites, open to the public, are:
- Eau Claire UW-Eau Claire, Rm. 1132 Old Library, 105
Garfield St./seats about 35
- Wausau UW-Marathon, Rm. 218 Main Building, 518 S.
7th Ave./seats about 26
- Milwaukee UW-Milwaukee, Rm. S250 School of
Business, 3202 N. Maryland/seats about 50
Other broadcast plans:
- Go to www.wispolitics.com
on Friday to find live audio and video links. WisPolitics.com also will
post a transcript and coverage of the debate.
- Go to www.wtdy.com on Saturday at
noon for a rebroadcast of the debate. The Wisconsin Radio Network also
will make the debate available to member stations around the state from
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday.
Background
on the debate www.wispolitics.com
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