The first New Jersey Senate debate between Republicans Curtis Bashaw, Christine Serrano Glassner, and Alex Zdan will take place on Wednesday, April 3, at 8 PM.
The 90-minute debate is sponsored by the New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey, Save Jersey, and the Rebovich Institute of New Jersey Politics at Rider University and will be streamed on the New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey, Save Jersey, Facebook Live, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube.
Laura Jones, the host of “New Jersey Politics with Laura Jones,” a weekly public affairs show for MeTV-WJLP New Jersey/New York, will serve as the debate moderator. Panelists will include New Jersey Globe political reporter Joey Fox, New Jersey Globe editor David Wildstein, Save Jersey editor Matt Rooney, and Micah Rasmussen, the director of the Rebovich Institute. Questions will also come from some members of the public.
The New Jersey Globe extended invitations to Bashaw, Serrano Glassner, and Zdan, the only viable contenders in the field of ten candidates seeking the Senate seat currently held by indicted Democratic U.S Senator Bob Menendez.
The New Jersey Globe, On New Jersey, and Rider University sponsored the first Democratic Senate debate last month between Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy.
A debate between the two candidates for Congress in New Jersey’s 8th district, Robert J. Menendez and Ravi Bhalla, will take place on Sunday, May 5 at 8 PM.