Hodes agrees to three debates with Horn

U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) has announced that he has agreed to participate in three debates against his opponent Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua).

However, the Horn campaign said that of the three debates, it has currently only officially agreed to one, but stressed a desire to have a debate every week between now and Election Day.

Hodes has agreed to debates that will take place on Sept. 22, Oct. 17 and Oct. 28. Hodes and Horn have both agreed to AARP debate on Sept. 22 at New England College.

"These debates will provide the voters of the Second Congressional District an opportunity to contrast our views on how we plan to fight for change in the next Congress and I look forward to a vigorous and thoughtful debate on the issues," Hodes said in a statement.

Horn's campaign manager, David Chesley, told PolitickerNH.com that Horn has committed to the AARP debate but is still in the process of determining which other debates to participate in. Chesley added that Horn would like to debate Hodes every week until November.

"I expect and hope that Paul Hodes comes home every week to debate his record with Jennifer Horn," Chesley said. "I'd like to participate in a debate every week; we can have Politicker sponsor them."

Chesley added: "Jennifer Horn will be taking Paul Hodes to task for his record from Pittsburg to Pelham."

The second debate is sponsored by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Television and New England Cable News and PolitickerNH.com and will be held at Franklin Pierce's Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication in Manchester. The final debate is sponsored by WMUR and the Union Leader; the location of which has yet to be determined.