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BDN and CNN to host Democratic US Senate debate next week (8 p.m. on July 23)
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/16/politics/elections/maine-election-senate-democratic-debate-cnn-bdn-july-23/The Democrats fighting to replace Graham Platner and face Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November will take the stage next week in a debate hosted by CNN and the Bangor Daily News.
The debate is set for 8 p.m. on July 23. It comes two days before Democrats hold an unprecedented 601-member nominating convention in Bangor to pick their new Senate nominee. Some of those delegates will be invited to the debate.
More than a dozen candidates are running, including former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, former Maine public health chief Nirav Shah, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, former political aide Jordan Wood, social worker Paige Loud and Maine Beer Co. co-founder Dan Kleban and former government official David Costello. Saundra Pelletier, Elizabeth Dickerson, Elizabeth Cote, Joseph Leveille, Kristina Libby and Ashley Webb are running as well.
The debate will come after weekend county caucuses to elect 500 convention delegates and a Monday deadline for candidates to qualify for the convention. Candidates need at least 500 valid signatures from registered Democrats, including at least 50 from no fewer than eight counties. That could winnow the field of candidates.
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The debate is set for 8 p.m. on July 23. It comes two days before Democrats hold an unprecedented 601-member nominating convention in Bangor to pick their new Senate nominee. Some of those delegates will be invited to the debate.
More than a dozen candidates are running, including former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, former Maine public health chief Nirav Shah, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, former political aide Jordan Wood, social worker Paige Loud and Maine Beer Co. co-founder Dan Kleban and former government official David Costello. Saundra Pelletier, Elizabeth Dickerson, Elizabeth Cote, Joseph Leveille, Kristina Libby and Ashley Webb are running as well.
The debate will come after weekend county caucuses to elect 500 convention delegates and a Monday deadline for candidates to qualify for the convention. Candidates need at least 500 valid signatures from registered Democrats, including at least 50 from no fewer than eight counties. That could winnow the field of candidates.
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