Texas candidates make the cut: Here's what to know ahead of October Democratic debate
Texans Julian Castro and Beto O'Rourke will once again take the presidential debate stage as the candidates face off for the fourth time in October.
The Democratic debate is being held at 7 p.m. CDT, 6 p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday, Oct. 15, Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. The one-night event will feature a crowded stage of 12 candidates, including O'Rourke and Castro, who remain in single digits in the national polls.
The two last debated in September in Houston where gun control was a focus in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Odessa.
The Ohio debate will be the first since the formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump was launched. The inquiry and the whistleblower complaint against the president are sure to be talking points this time around.
Read more: https://www.caller.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/02/who-third-democractic-debate-2019-julian-castro-beto-orourke/3832069002/
(Corpus Christi Caller-Times)