From left: John Faso (incumbent, Republican), Antonio Delgado (Democrat), Steve Greenfield (Green), Diane Neal (independent)
Some or all of the candidates for New York’s 19th congressional district will be meeting for debates in the final weeks of the campaign. Here’s the schedule.
Friday, Oct. 19
1 p.m. Debate at WMHT studio in Troy with John Faso and Antonio Delgado. The debate will be available over-the-air to both viewers of WMHT and WSKG, the PBS affiliate in Binghamton. Update: You can watch the full debate here.
Monday, Oct. 22
1-2:30 p.m. Debate at WAMC’s Linda Auditorium with John Faso, Antonio Delgado, Steve Greenfield and Diane Neal. Hosted by WAMC and WNYT. Sold out. Will be broadcast live on WAMC and affiliate stations and wamc.org. WNYT plans to air the debate at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 27. Update: you can listen to the full debate here.
Tuesday, Oct. 23
7 p.m. Debate at Woodstock Playhouse with John Faso and Antonio Delgado. Broadcast on Spectrum News. No tickets available as of this posting, but more may be released closer to the event. Moderated by Liz Benjamin, NY1 political anchor, Capital Tonight, and Jeevan Vittal, Spectrum News, D.C. Bureau Correspondent. One hour. Update: You can watch the full debate here.
Monday, Oct. 29
7 p.m. Debate at SUNY Sullivan, hosted by Times-Herald Record with John Faso and Antonio Delgado. Watch live at recordonline.com/livedebate.
The 19th district
Delgado was terrific in the WMHT debate, and I loved his dismantling of trickle-down. The next debate (on Oct. 22nd) will be more challenging because the third party candidates will be participating. Diane Neal, Bless her heart, will probably just be a distraction–but Steve Greenfield will be a problem. Both he and Faso have that “Queens ego” problem, so expect some tag-teaming on Delgado. Hopefully, he (Delgado) can bring even more of the ‘Fire to the Linda.