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Hillary Clinton (left) and Donald Trump (right) are running for president as a Democrat and Republican, respectively.

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TRENTON -- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have blasted away at each other for months now in campaign events, interviews and the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Now it's time to look ahead to the 2016 presidential election debate schedule.

The high voltage attacks at both conventions have heightened public interest for the next big thing on the 2016 presidential campaign calendar: When is the first presidential debate where the two will actually meet face-to-face in televised debates.

Trump and Clinton will clash three times in prime-time debates leading up to the presidential election in November when voters go to the polls, and it's a sure bet they'll all draw big ratings.

Here's the rundown:

* The first debate will be on Monday, Sept. 26 at Hofstra University on Long Island.

* Clinton and Trump square off for their second debate on Sunday Oct. 9 at Washington University in St. Louis.

* The final presidential debate will be held Wednesday Oct. 19 at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

There will also be one vice presidential debate.

Trump's running mate, Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Clinton's vice presidential choice, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, will meet at Longwood University, Farmville, Va. on Tuesday Oct. 4.

The debates will last 90 minutes, and each one will begin at at 9 p.m. EST.

All the debates will be broadcast live on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, among others media outlets. The moderators have not yet been announced.

Trump and Clinton are no strangers to debates this year, although with the large field of candidates on the Republican side, Trump did not have any one-on-one debates.

There were 12 Republican debates. Trump refused to participate in the Jan. 26 clash in Des Moines because he was unhappy with Fox moderator Megyn Kelly. He did participate in a later debate in Detroit that was moderated by Kelly.

Clinton participated in nine Democratic primary debates. The final five were one-one-one debates with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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