I would like to extend my thanks to Terry Van Akkeren and Juan Perez for their participation in this evening’s debate.  I believe we learned much from tonight and it will serve the voting public well in making their decision on September 14th.

I would further like to thank Cal Potter for moderating the debate.  It is due to his direction and experience that this night was possible and went so smoothly.

Finally, thank you to all of you who were in attendance.  Thanks also to the Sheboygan Press, WSCS (TV8), and WHBL 1330AM for your coverage.

UPDATE: In case you missed it today, WSCS will air the video of the debate tomorrow, Thursday 8/26, at 11am and 9pm.  Tune to Channel 95 (analog cable) or 990 (QAM TVs or Charter set-top boxes) to watch.

Andrew Bubb

Come and visit our booth at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth September 2nd-6th.  Contact Carol Zoran at carol@bytehead.com to volunteer.

Since the 26th Assembly Debate is being held on the 23rd, the August Executive Board meeting will be held on Monday, August 30th at the Campaign Headquarters, 812 Erie Ave in Sheboygan.  The meeting will start at 5:30 and we will be discussing any final details for the County Fair and other items of business.

The Sheboygan County Democratic Party will be hosting a debate between the two candidates in this year’s Democratic Primary for the 26th State Assembly District seat: incumbent Terry Van Akkeren and challenger Juan Perez.

The debate will be held at the Josephine A. Rocca Meeting Room in the Mead Public Library (710 N. 8th St.) in Sheboygan on Monday, August 23rd at 6:00pm.

The debate will be moderated by First Vice Chairperson of the Sheboygan County Democratic Party and former State Assemblyman and Senator, Cal Potter.

UPDATE:  The format of the debate has been finalized.  The candidates will be given three minutes for an opening statement.  Questions will be asked of the candidates and each candidate will be given three minutes to respond.  The first candidate to respond will be given a one minute rebuttal period.

Speaking order will be determined by coin toss and will alternate between the candidates for each subsequent question.

In addition to questions received prior to the debate, members of the audience will be able to submit questions in writing.  A panel consisting of a representative from each candidate’s campaign and a representative from the Sheboygan County Democratic Party will combine questions of a similar nature and decide which questions will be presented to the candidates.

We encourage you to submit your questions for the candidates.  We will use as many of your submissions as possible to form the program for the moderator.  Please send all question submissions to debate@sheboygandems.com.  We look forward to the debate and hope to see you there.