CRUZ/O’ROURKE AGREE TO THREE DEBATES
U.S Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Beto O'Rourke have agreed to three one-hour televised debates in their race for the U.S. Senate.
The first debate will occur this Friday night in Dallas and will be hosted by The Dallas Morning News, Southern Methodist University and KXAS-TV.
The next two debates are slated for Sunday, Sept. 30th at the University of Houston and Tuesday, October 16th in San Antonio at a site still to be announced.
During the first two debates, the Senate candidates will discuss domestic policy. Both domestic and foreign policy will be addressed in the third and final debate.
The agreed contests come weeks after both candidates ironed out details about when and what the debates would be about.
The race between Cruz and O'Rourke has tightened to single digits in recent weeks. The latest polls show Cruz leading O'Rourke by 3.2 percentage points.