CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE SENATE DEBATES

The Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with MediaNews Group, will host debates for candidates in the 5th Congressional District and the Middlesex and Worcester State Senate District on October 10 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Devens. 
 
The debates are free and open to the general public.  The debates will be hosted at the Hilton Garden Inn at 59 Andrews Parkway, Devens on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 starting at 7pm. 
 
The Great American Grill restaurant and bar, located inside the Hilton Garden Inn, will be open until 10pm that evening.
 
The debates are being co-sponsored by the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee and the MediaNews Group newspapers including The Sun, Sentinel & Enterprise and the Nashoba Weeklies.
 
The 5th Congressional District includes 29 cities and towns across parts of Middlesex, Essex and Worcester counties.  The Middlesex and Worcester Senate District includes 14 communities, including Acton, Ayer, Boxborough, Littleton, Shirley and Harvard.



 
Middlesex and Worcester State Senate Debate at 7pm-750pm
State Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton) / Challenger Dean Cavaretta (R-Stow)
Moderator: Jason Kauppi, Co-Chair NVCoC Government Affairs Committee, and Moderator, Town of Groton
 
 
 
5th Congressional Debate - 8pm -915pm
U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) / Challenger Jon Golnik (R-Carlisle)
Moderator: Dr. Daniel M. Asquino, president of Mount Wachusett Community College
Panelist: Chris Camire, The Sun’s Statehouse reporter, Bil Kole, New England chief of the Associated Press, and Marissa Donelan, City Editor of the Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise
 
There will be no questions from the audience, although those interested in submitting a question to be considered must be emailed to Melissa@nvcoc.com no later than Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 9:30am.  Any questions submitted after that time will not be considered. 
 
The topics to be discussed are: jobs and the economy, taxation, energy, the budget deficit, gridlock in Congress and political leadership, Obamacare, military defense, education.