State Senate debates set for this week in Cayuga County – Auburn Citizen

A forum for the state Senate 51st District will be produced by telecommunications students at Cayuga Community College and first shown on Spectrum cable channel 12 at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Democrat Jim Barber and Republican Peter Oberacker will be asked questions by The Citizen’s executive editor, Jeremy Boyer, with Guy Cosentino moderating. The two candidates are running to replace longtime state Sen. James Seward, who decided against seeking re-election this year. A replay of that forum will be available on the same channel at 8 p.m. Thursday, and at 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on Spectrum channels 12 and 98 and Verizon channel 31 via the Auburn Regional Access Media feed.

At 7 p.m. Thursday, the candidates for the state Senate 50th District will take part in a CCC student-produced debate. Democrat John Mannion and Republican Angi Renna are facing off to fill a seat vacated at the start of 2020 when ex-Sen. Robert Antonacci was sworn into an elected state Supreme Court seat. This forum will be replayed at 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on the ARMA feed channels, as well as at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, on Spectrum 12.

Audio from all of the shows is broadcast starting at 10 a.m. Saturday on the college’s station, WDWN–89.1 FM.

The Citizen will also have all of the candidate forums available for viewing any time at auburnpub.com.

The final CCC debate for the 2020 election cycle is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 27, with candidates for the 126th Assembly District, Democrat Dia Carabajal and Republican John Lemondes. They are vying to fill the open seat being left by state Assembly Gary Finch, who also decided against running for re-election.