MILWAUKEE - TMJ4 and other organizers of statewide primary debates in the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races have issued guidelines for how candidates will qualify to participate in televised debates this summer.
Candidates must demonstrate a minimum threshold of statewide public support to participate, said the organizers. In addition to attaining official ballot status for the August 9 primary, candidates must demonstrate:
• At least 5% support in the most recent Marquette University Law School polling, or other publicly available non-candidate or non-candidate-affiliated statewide surveys meeting a C or better reliability rating from the polling website fivethirtyeight.com through June 30;
• or at least a 5% average in the previous two Marquette University Law School polls in 2022;
• or total individual contributors of at least 5,000 people through June 30.
The primary debates are set for July. The Democratic U.S. Senate debate for candidates who qualify is July 17. The Republican gubernatorial debate for candidates who qualify is July 24.
The one-hour primary debates will start at 6 P.M. and will air in Milwaukee on TMJ4 and will be broadcast statewide on Wisconsin's NBC affiliates.
The debates are taking place on the Marquette University campus in front of a live audience and can be seen on the web platforms of TMJ4, WisPolitics.com and the Milwaukee Business Journal.
About TMJ4 and Scripps
The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As the nation’s fourth-largest local TV broadcaster, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networksreach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff and Court TV Mystery.
Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”
About Marquette University
Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university located near the heart of downtown Milwaukee that offers a comprehensive range of majors in 11 nationally and internationally recognized colleges and schools. A Marquette education offers students a virtually unlimited number of paths and destinations and prepares them for the world by asking them to think critically about it. Marquette’s mission is the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. Along the way, they ask one thing of every student: Be The Difference.
