Decision 2005 New Jersey Independent Candidates Gubernatorial Debate
Live on NJN Public Television & Radio
Thursday, October 20 at 8 pm; rebroadcast on Sunday, September 25, at noon

FOR MEDIA ONLY – The debate will be pre-taped at 1:45 pm on October 20. The satellite coordinates for the debate are SBS 6 Transponder 4 KU band downlink frequency 11798 (v). Feed begins at 1:30 pm . There will be no audience for the debate, but there will be a press room for media who would like to attend. To attend, please notify JoAnne Ruscio at (609) 777-3993 or jruscio@njn.org by 11 am on October 20. Press credentials are required.

STATEWIDE – NJN Public Television and Radio will air a one-hour gubernatorial debate with Jeffrey Pawlowski, the Libertarian party candidate, and Hector Castillo, running under the “Education Not Corruption” banner on Thursday, October 20 at 8 pm with a rebroadcast on Sunday, October 23 at noon . Both candidates have qualified to take part in televised debates sanctioned by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Kent Manahan, NJN News anchor, will moderate. Michael Aron, NJN senior political correspondent, and Michael Symons, news editor, the Gannett New Jersey Bureau, will ask the candidates questions.

On Sunday, October 30, at 12 noon , NJN will broadcast the New Jersey Independent Candidates Forum. The eight third-party and independent candidates running for governor have been invited. They include the Green Party, Socialist and Libertarian Party candidates. Both programs will be simulcast on NJN Public Radio and will be available for viewing at njn.net. The program is closed captioned and can also be seen on Times Warner cable in New York on channel 750.