On Thursday September 4 at 8PM on AM 820, WNYC will air a debate among all 9 of the presidential
candidates. The debate is courtesy of PBS,
Univision
and Thirteen/WNET
and can be seen live on Thirteen/WNET.
The debate takes place at the University of New Mexico and will feature all
nine of the currently announced Democratic presidential candidates: Ambassador
Carol Moseley Braun, former Vermont governor Howard
Dean, Senator John Edwards, Rep. Richard
Gephardt, Senator Bob Graham, Senator John
Kerry, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Senator Joseph
Lieberman, and Reverend Al Sharpton.
The debate will be co-moderated by Ray
Suárez, senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
on PBS and María
Elena Salinas, co-anchor of Univision Networks national nightly newscast,
Noticiero Univision.
Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun
http://www.carolforpresident.com/
Received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois in 1969,
and her law degree in 1972 from the University of Chicago.
In 1978, she was elected to the Illinois state legislature, the General Assembly.
Elected to the United States Senate 1992
Nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand in 1998
former
Vermont governor Howard Dean
http://www.deanforamerica.com/
He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1971, graduated Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in New York City in 1978
Served in the Vermont House from 1982 to 1986
Elected lieutenant governor in 1986
Became governor in 1991 with the death of then-Governor Richard Snelling
Senator
John Edwards
http://www.johnedwards2004.com/
Graduated North Carolina State University in 1974
In 1977, earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
In 1998, elected to the United States Senate
Rep.
Richard Gephardt
http://www.dickgephardt2004.com/
Graduated from Northwestern University and the University of Michigan Law
School
Served in the Air National Guard from 1965 to 1971
Elected to the Congress in 1977 and elected to be the House Democratic Leader
in 1989
Senator
Bob Graham
http://www.grahamforpresident.com/
Received a bachelor's degree in 1959 from the University of Florida and received
a bachelor of law degree from Harvard Law School in 1962.
Florida state House, elected 1966, reelected 1968; state Senate, elected 1970,
reelected 1974
Governor of Florida, Elected 1978, reelected 1982
Elected United States Senator in 1986
Senator
John Kerry
http://www.johnkerry.com
Graduate of Yale University, entered the Navy after graduation and served
in Vietnam
Elected Lieutenant Governor in 1982
Elected to the Senate in 1984
Rep.
Dennis Kucinich
http://www.kucinich.us/
Elected to Clevelands City Council at age 23
Elected mayor in 1977
Won his seat state senate in 1994
Elected US Representative in 1996
Senator
Joseph Lieberman
http://www.joe2004.com/
Graduated from Yale College in 1964
Graduated Yale Law School in 1967
Elected to the state senate in 1970
state attorney general, 1983
Elected to U.S. Senate 1988
Chosen as running mate to Al Gore in 2000 presidential race
Reverend
Al Sharpton
http://www.al2004.org
Came to national prominence leading demonstrations on high profile racial
cases
Formed the National Action Network in 1991
Ran for various public offices including mayor of New York
