Debate Night 2022

October 17, 18, 20 & 21 at 7, 8, & 9 pm — Tune in on Lakeland Prime or stream on our website or with the PBS app on iOS, Android, Roku and Apple TV devices.

Lakeland PBS, The Bemidji Pioneer, The Brainerd Dispatch, Northern Community Radio & The Park Rapids Enterprise are joining forces to bring you Debate Night 2022. 4 nights of debates involving state lawmakers from throughout North Central Minnesota.

Lakeland PBS will be televising candidate forums for 8 state races in northern and central Minnesota. These candidate forums will also be available on our website: lptv.org following the original broadcast.

State Senate District 5
Monday, October 17 at 8pm – Watch it here
A. John Peters – DFL; Senator Paul Utke – Republican

State Senate District 6
Monday, October 17 at 9pm – Watch it here
Senator Justin Eichorn – Republican; Steve Samuelson – DFL

State Senate District 2
Tuesday, October 18 at 7pm – Watch it here
Representative Steve Green – Republican; Alan Roy – DFL

State Representative District 2A
Tuesday, October 18 at 8pm – Watch it here
Representative Matt Grossell – Republican; Reed Olson – DFL

State Representative District 2B
Tuesday, October 18 at 9pm – Watch it here
Erika Bailey-Johnson – DFL; Representative Matt Bliss – Republican

State Representative District 6A
Thursday, October 20 at 7pm – Watch it here
Richard Blake – DFL; Ben Davis – Republican

State Representative District 5B
Thursday, October 20 at 8pm – Watch it here
Gregg Hendrickson – Independence-Alliance; Mike Wiener – Republican

State Representative District 6B
Friday, October 21 at 8pm – Watch it here
Sally Boos – DFL; Representative Josh Heintzeman – Republican