Debate Update

The Reflector - 3rd District contenders to debate at Lee Hall

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WLBT - 3rd-District Candidates Attend Forum - With the March 11th primary just two weeks away, residents in Lawrence County gathered to hear from candidates in the race for Chip Pickering's seat in the U. S. House of Representatives. About 50 people showed up at the Lawrence County Civic Center for the public forum. Five candidates were present, and three sent representatives on their behalf. Questions came from both the audience and panelists. The candidates talked about what they would do to stave-off the recession that many people believe is looming. Democrat Randy Eads did not show up to the forum, which was sponsored by the Lawrence County Republican Party.

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Commercial Dispatch - MSU District 3 congressional debate moves to Lee Hall - The Mississippi State University student-sponsored Congressional District 3 candidate debate will be held at Lee Hall instead of the Colvard Student Union. The 7 p.m. public service program sponsored by the student Stennis-Montgomery Association will be held in the 1,000-seat Lee Hall auditorium. Doors will open at 6. Randy Eads of Starkville and Joel Gill of Pickens are the Democratic candidates. The GOP list includes James Broadwater of Flowood; Gregg Harper of Pearl; Gregory Hatcher and Bill Marcy, both of Meridian; David Landrum and John Rounsaville, both of Madison; and Charlie Ross of Brandon. According to SMA organizers, eight of the nine candidates have committed to take part in the MSU debate; Ross will be unable to attend. For the convenience of audience members unfamiliar with central campus, buses will begin running at 6 p.m. between the shuttle stop near Humphrey Coliseum parking lot and Lee Hall.

Radio broadcast - For those unable to attend, the debate will be carried live in a 70-mile radius by campus radio station WMSV-FM, 91.1. It also will be streamed via the radio station's Web site, www.wmsv.msstate.edu, and the university Web site, www.msstate.edu.

Sid Salter, Clarion-Ledger “Perspective” editor, is moderating all of the sessions. Sharing the Lee Hall stage with him and providing questions for the candidates will be local media representatives Brian Hawkins, editor of the Starkville Daily News, and Aundrea Self, news anchor/reporter at WCBI-TV in Columbus.