FISHER, PORTMAN U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGNS AGREE ON DEBATES
Will Be Held In Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo

Columbus, OH – The U.S. Senate campaigns of Lt. Governor Lee Fisher and Rob Portman today announced their participation in a series of three one-hour debates in conjunction with the Ohio Newspaper Organization. The debates, which will be held in Toledo, Cleveland and Columbus, will be done in accordance with the Ohio Newspaper Organization rules and will feature a panel of four journalists and a local broadcast partner. The Cleveland debate will be held at the City Club on October 8th. Other debate dates and locations, along with other details, will be announced in the near future.

The Ohio News Organization is a group of the state’s eight largest newspapers, including the Akron Beacon Journal, Canton’s Repository, Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Columbus Dispatch, the Dayton Daily News, the Toledo Blade and the Youngstown Vindicator.