October debates to set stage for November election

Candidates for Board of Regents among participants at series

Candidates for the University of Colorado Board of Regents are among the participants of a series of election season debates to be presented by the UC Denver School of Public Affairs on Oct. 11-15.

U.S. Senate and the governor's office candidates also will be represented at the debates, co-sponsored by The Denver Post and 9News. A forum on measures that will be on the Nov. 2 ballot is planned, too.

The Board of Regents candidates' debate will be at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the second-floor meeting room at 1380 Lawrence St. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend.

The Senate candidates' debate will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 at the King Center Concert Hall on the Auraria campus. The debate for gubernatorial candidates will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Ed-2 South 600-seat lecture hall on the Anschutz campus. Both debates will be broadcast live on Channel 20 and coverage will appear in The Denver Post's online and print editions.

The ballot issue debate, which will be recorded for broadcast later in the week, will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Ed-2 South location.

A limited number of free tickets for the Senate, governor and ballot issue debates are available for faculty, staff and students. E-mail gabrielle.makray@ucdenver.edu for information.