The right way to watch the first debate in Portland’s mayoral race tonight

The Bangor Day by day Information and its media companions at CBS Information 13 will maintain the primary debate in Portland’s mayoral race at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
All 5 candidates — Metropolis Councilors Pious Ali, Mark Dion and Andrew Zarro, plus former Councilor Justin Costa and political newcomer Dylan Pugh — have mentioned they are going to attend the in-studio debate in Portland. They’re operating in a ranked-choice voting contest to exchange Mayor Kate Snyder, who declined to run for a second time period.
Each CBS Information 13 and the BDN will stream the talk on their web sites and Fb pages. Solely the primary half-hour can be televised earlier than the complete occasion switches over to streaming. You may watch the primary half over the air in the event you dwell in southern Maine as much as the Augusta space.
It begins a run of debates within the race to guide Maine’s largest metropolis. The candidates will come again collectively for a Wednesday discussion board on the Portland Public Library, and the Portland Press Herald and the College of New England are partnering on one other debate on Oct. 3.
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