California to Host Democratic National Committee Sanctioned Presidential Debate

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Senator Art Torres (Ret.), Chairman of the California Democratic Party, today issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that California will host one of six DNC sanctioned presidential debates. The DNC sanctioned California debate is set to take place on December 10th in Los Angeles, and will be sponsored by CBS. 

"Today’s announcement by the DNC is a step forward for the people of California and a step forward for the Democratic process. As Senator Perata, Speaker Núñez, and I wrote to Chairman Howard Dean in a letter last month asking for California to be considered to host one of the debates, California is home to nearly seven million Democratic voters, a global economic power, and the most culturally and ethnically diverse state in the nation. With our February 5th primary and now the White House hopefuls set to debate the issues that matter to Californians, it is ensured that our terrific field of candidates will be responsive to California’s great diversity of ideas and needs. For that reason all Americans will benefit."

The six DNC sanctioned debates and the media sponsors announced today are as follows:

• July 23, 2007: YouTube/Google and CNN* in Charleston, SC
• August 19, 2007: ABC in Des Moines, IA
• September 26, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC** in Hanover, NH
• October 30, 2007: NBC News/MSNBC** in Philadelphia, PA
• November 15, 2007: CNN* in Las Vegas, NV
• December 10, 2007: CBS in Los Angeles, CA 

*Debate will be simulcast on CNN en Espanol. 
**Telemundo will re-broadcast both debates