After much debating over debates, Republican Congressman Jim Banks will face Democrat Courtney Tritch in a WANE-TV debate leading up to the November 6 election.

The debate is set for Friday, November 2 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on WANE-TV. NewsChannel 15’s Dirk Rowley and Terra Brantley will moderate with a list of questions covering local and national topics.

WANE.com will offer pre-debate and post-debate coverage.

In August, Courtney Tritch went on the offensive, calling on Congressman Banks to agree to four debates in the fall. Banks told NewsChannel 15 then he was looking forward to debating, but nothing was yet set in stone.

After many conversations, both campaigns agreed to the November date, just days before the November 6 election.

Both campaigns also shared statements with NewsChannel 15 after the debate was confirmed.

From the Banks campaign:

“Never before in the history of Indiana’s third district has there been a

greater contrast than in this race for Congress between conservative

Congressman Jim Banks and pro-abortion liberal activist Courtney Tritch.

Republican Congressman Banks looks forward to debating Democrat candidate

Tritch because northeast Indiana voters deserve to know that their values

will be represented in Congress, not the values of Bernie Sanders, Nancy

Pelosi and the left wing of the Democrat party.” – Steve Justus, Campaign Manager

From the Tritch campaign: