'Great Debates' set to begin

Fifteen debates involving 30 candidates for the Michigan House of Representatives are now scheduled on Detroit Public Television. The Oakland Press just highlighted the “Great Debates” partnership between the Center for Michigan and WTVS.

Hosted by opinion editors at the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, the debates will feature questions on many of the issues and “Common Ground Agenda” items raised in the Center for Michigan’s statewide Community Conversations in the past year.

Debate tapings begin Friday, September 11 and will be aired on Sunday afternoons on WTVS throughout the fall. Full video of each debate will also be available online within a couple days of taping. Videos will begin appearing on the Center for Michigan web site and made available to all major media websites beginning next week.

Here’s the current schedule of tapings:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

DISTRICT 2 (Detroit): Lamar Lemmons, Jr (D) and Edith Floyd (R)
DISTRICT 19 (Livonia): John Walsh (R) and Steve King (R)
DISTRICT 31 (Mt. Clemens): Fred Miller (D) and Daniel Tollis (R)
DISTRICT 40 (Birmingham) Chuck Moss (R) and Julie Candler (D)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

DISTRICT 22 (TAYLOR): Darrell McNeill (R) and Doug Geiss (D)
DISTRICT 36 (SHELBY TWP/ROMEO): Pete Lund (R) and Robert Murphy (D)
DISTRICT 37 (FARMINGTON): Vicki Barnett (D) and Paul Welday (R)
DISTRICT 45 (ROCHESTER): Tom McMillin (R) and Randy Young (D)
DISTRICT 47 (FOWLERVILLE-HOWELL): Cindy Denby (R) and Scott Lucas (D)
DISTRICT 54 (YPSILANTI-SOUTH LYON): Tom Banks (R) and Alma Wheeler-Smith (D)
DISTRICT 56 (MONROE): Kate Ebli (D) and JeanMarie Dahm (R)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

DISTRICT 20 (PLYMOUTH-NORTHVILLE-WAYNE): Jerry Vorva (R) and Marc Corriveau (D)
DISTRICT 24 (ST. CLAIR SHORES): Bryan Brandenberg (R) and Sarah Roberts (D)
DISTRICT 25 (WARREN): Jon Switalski (D) and Michael Wiecek (R)
DISTRICT 33 (CLINTON TWP): Kim Meltzer (R) and Andrew Prasiloski (D)
DISTRICT 66 (BRIGHTON): Donna Anderson (D), Bill Rogers (R), and Todd Richardson (Lib.)