Republican Mark Meadows and Democrat Tom Hill were the first to debate on WCU this election year. Photo by Alina Voronenko.
In the coming weeks, the North Carolina House of Representatives candidates for District 119 will debate who shall win the seat on Nov. 4.
On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Western Carolina University will host the incumbent Joe Sam Queen (D) of Haywood County and the challenger Mike Clampitt (R) of Swain County. This debate will take place at 7 p.m. in room 204 of the Health and Human Sciences building and is open to any who would like to attend.
This is the second of a three debate series to be held on the WCU campus this year as a part of the WCU Political Debate Series sponsored by the Public Policy Institute and the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs.
According to political science department head Chris Cooper, the first debate at the beginning of the month brought in about 280 people. He is hoping to have a good crowd at the Sept. 23 debate between Joe Sam Queen and Mike Clampitt.
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This story was edited by Ceillie Simkiss.
