Democrats White And Shami To Debate On KERA

By Shelley Kofler, KERA News

Dallas – A third gubernatorial debate has now been scheduled. This time it's the democrats who will debate.

Houston Mayor Bill White and millionaire businessman Farouk Shami have accepted an invitation from KERA and its media partners to debate on Monday February 8 at 7:00 p.m. The hour long debate will take place before a studio audience with questions coming from journalists, voters and social media. It will be broadcast statewide on television, radio and online.

KERA also produced the first gubernatorial debate among republicans Rick Perry, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Debra Medina earlier this month.