U.S. Senate Debate between Kamala Harris and Loretta Sanchez
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Garden Grove, and California Attorney General Kamala Harris will participate in a U.S. Senate candidate debate on Wed., Oct. 5 on the campus of Cal State Los Angeles.
The candidates are running to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer, who decided to retire this year after 24-years in office. Both Harris and Sanchez are Democrats; they finished in the top two spots in the state primary so they both made it into the general election.
According to Ballotpedia Harris was born in Oakland, attended public schools, and earned an undergraduate degree at Howard University and her law degree at Hastings. Harris' websitesays:
My parents were both graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley. I grew up with a stroller’s-eye view of the civil rights movement, and often I joke that as a child I was surrounded by adults marching and shouting for this thing called justice. My younger sister, Maya, and I grew up around adults who were committed to service and community involvement.
She earned her law degree at Hastings and served two terms as San Francisco's District Attorney,
Sanchez was born in Lynwood and earned her B.A. at Chapman and an MBA from American University. She has represented California in Congress since 1996. According to her website,
Sanchez holds senior positions on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee. She is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and serves as co-chair of the Immigration Task Force. As the second highest-ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, Congresswoman Sanchez is a recognized leader on military and security issues. She currently serves as the ranking member of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee
This is the only one-on-one debate scheduled in this race. It begins at 7:00 pm and is scheduled to last for two-hours. Questions will be asked by a three-person panel representing the sponsoring organizations, with ABC7 Eyewitness News Anchor Marc Brown serving as moderator.
The debate sponsors are The Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs & Cal State LA; The League of Women Voters of California; and ABC7 Los Angeles.
You can watch the debate streaming live on the Cal State LA YouTube Channel.