On October 12, three candidates for U.S. Senate in Alaska debated each other. See this story. The three candidates were Republican nominee Joe Miller, Democratic nominee Scott McAdams, and write-in candidate, incumbent U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. This is almost certainly the first time any write-in candidate for U.S. Senate or any other statewide office has ever been invited to debate the major party nominees, in any state.
On October 12, the three ballot-listed candidates for Governor of Wyoming debated each other. See this story. The three ballot-listed candidates are Republican Matt Mead, Democrat Leslie Petersen, and Libertarian Mike Wheeler.
A Rasmussen Reports poll of the Colorado gubernatorial race finds that Democratic nominee John Hickenlooper is only four percentage points ahead of Tom Tancredo, the Constitution Party nominee. See here. The Republican nominee, Dan Maes, is at 12%; Hickenlooper is at 42%; Tancredo is at 38%; other candidates are polling 2%; and 6% of the voters are undecided.
Three of the candidates for U.S. Senate from Florida will debate each other on October 15. They are Republican Marco Rubio, Democrat Kendrick Meek, and independent candidate Charlie Crist, the incumbent Governor.
Alex Snitker, the Libertarian nominee, has been pressing repeatedly to be invited into one of the U.S. Senate debates, and Crist has said he wants Snitker to be invited. But the major party nominees do not wish Snitker to be invited. The October 15 debate will be the third for these three candidates, and they plan three more debates after October 15.
On October 14, all three candidates for Governor of Georgia debated each other. See this story. The candidates are Republican Nathan Deal, Democrat Roy Barnes, and Libertarian John Monds.
Georgia provides for a run-off general election if no one gets 50% in November. Monds was asked who he would vote for if there is a run-off between the two major party nominees. He refused to say.
