The two Republican candidates in the Aug. 10 primary for the 1st Congressional District nomination -- who are fighting for the right to face veteran incumbent U.S. Rep. John Larson in the Nov. 2 election -- have been communicating back and forth about whether they will meet in a debate. But so far they have not been able to agree on a venue or date.
The Republican convention-endorsed candidate, Ann Brickley, has been prodding her primary challenger, Mark Zydanowicz, on the subject. He told the Courant this week that he's willing to debate, but doesn't want it to be before a small audience such as a local town committee and instead would prefer getting a TV or radio station to broadcast it. So far, nothing has materialized.
Meanwhile, the Brickley campaign keeps pressing the issue and has persistently expressed interest in a blog item being published in Capitol Watch about it so that voters can be informed.
So here are complete e-mails that the candidates have exchanged, as supplied by the Brickley camp, starting with a message from Brickley to Zydanowicz:
From: Ann Brickley
To: mark@zforcongress.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:28 PM
Subject: Debate
Mark,
Nice talking with you this morning. Here are some of my thought's regarding a debate, I agree it should be a much larger forum and much broader audience than an RTC meeting, and we need to have media coverage. CT-N is very interested in covering it, we have not approached other media at this point.
Will keep you posted when we receive additional information from the League of Women Voters.
Thanks,
Ann