Moderators from NJTV News and the PBS NewsHour will host a debate between Democrat Bob Menendez and Republican Bob Hugin.

The countdown to the Battle of the Bobs continues.

On Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 8 p.m., NJTV News Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron and the PBS NewsHour’s Capitol Hill Correspondent Lisa Desjardins will co-moderate an election debate between New Jersey U.S. Senate candidates Bob Menendez, the Democratic Party nominee, and Bob Hugin, the Republican candidate.

The 2018 NJTV/PBS debate for U.S. Senate doesn’t include third-party candidates such as Libertarian Party candidate, Murray Sabrin, or the Green Party candidate, Madelyn Hoffman.

Several polls show an unexpectedly tight race between longtime incumbent Menendez and former drug company CEO Hugin in the 2018 General Election on Nov. 6.

Watch the Menendez/Hugin debate live here. The debate will also be livestreamed on njtvnews.org and Facebook.

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