PALLONE FOR SENATE CALLS FOR MULTIPLE DEBATES

“Multiple debates will allow voters throughout the state to see all of the candidates and reach their own, unfiltered, conclusions”

Frank Pallone

LONG BRANCH ¬ With less than two months to go in the accelerated special Democratic Primary campaign for United States Senate, the Pallone for Senate campaign today released the following statement calling for multiple debates across New Jersey.

“With the special Primary Election Day coming up quickly on August 13, we believe it is critically important that New Jersey’s Democratic voters be afforded the opportunity to make a clear, rational decision on our party’s nominee for the United States Senate based on how the declared candidates would handle the important matters confronting the nation as opposed to having that decisions based solely on slick TV ads and twenty second sound bites.

The accelerated schedule to fill the seat vacated with Senator Frank Lautenberg’s passing has created a unique situation in which voters will only have a matter of weeks to determine who is best qualified to join Senator Menendez in the fight for New Jersey’s middle class. With issues like immigration reform, gun safety, job creation, a minimum wage increase, marriage equality, climate change and school reform all at the forefront, New Jersey’s Democratic voters need to make sure they have the critical information necessary to make that decision.

Today we are proposing multiple debates in order for New Jersey voters to be afforded the opportunity to choose the Democratic nominee for United States Senate based on substance and ability. Multiple debates will allow voters throughout the state to see all of the candidates and reach their own, unfiltered, conclusions so it is the hope of Pallone for Senate that the other three candidates for the Democratic nomination- Cory Booker, Sheila Oliver and Rush Holt- will all agree to this request for debates today.”