Several debate-related events on and off campus are open to media on Tuesday, Sept. 28, the day that ÍêÃÀÌåÓý hosts the first debate between California gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman.
Debate Watch Forum
12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Kalmanovitz Appellate Courtroom, ÍêÃÀÌåÓý School of Law (one block north of the Mondavi Center, where the debate will be held)
Dan Schnur, a veteran political strategist who helped prepare John McCain and Pete Wilson for debates, will join a panel discussion about why debates matter and what viewers should watch for. Other panelists: Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle political reporter; Vikram Amar, ÍêÃÀÌåÓý professor of law; Larry Berman, ÍêÃÀÌåÓý political science professor and founding director of the UC Washington Center; and Robert Huckfeldt, ÍêÃÀÌåÓý political science professor and director of the ÍêÃÀÌåÓý Institute of Governmental Affairs and UC Center Sacramento. A.G. Block, associate director of UC Center Sacramento and a seasoned observer of California politics, will moderate the discussion. The event is free and open to the public.
More information:
Contacts: Jim Sweeney, ÍêÃÀÌåÓý News Service, (530) 752-6101,
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu