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Yard signs of the gubernatorial candidates. (Credit: Mark Curry; Donald Rainwater's campaign website)
The three candidates campaigning to be Indiana’s next governor will meet on the debate stage for the final time on Thursday. Here’s how to watch.
The debate will begin at 7 p.m. and feature Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Democrat and former Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian Donald Rainwater. It is sponsored by the Indiana Debate Commission and will be moderated by Laura Merrifield Wilson, a political science professor at the University of Indianapolis and the host of WICR radio’s “Positively Politics.”
WFYI-TV, the public television station in Indianapolis, will broadcast the debate live. It will also be livestreamed on the Debate Commission’s website and WFYI-TV’s YouTube channel.
Thursday’s contest will be the third gubernatorial debate of the election cycle and the second to feature all three candidates. McCormick and Braun first faced off on Oct. 3; Rainwater joined them in the second debate on Oct. 4.
The general election is Nov. 5. Early voting is already underway across the state.
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