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By adamg on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:08am

The four Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate seat debate tonight starting at 7 p.m. on a local channel near you.

The last mayoral debate is Tuesday, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Faneuil Hall. You need to register for tickets; this one won't be on TV.

There's a forum for district 9 council candidates in Brighton on Tuesday at the Jackson-Mann School, starting at 6 p.m. More.

There's a forum for at-large and district 1 candidates on Wednesday at the Nazarro Center in the North End, starting at 7 p.m. More.

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By Ron Newman on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:30am.

Only a few hundred people can fit in to Faneuil Hall, even if they wanted to. Not televising such an evert does a major disservice to voters.

(Anyone know the hall's actual capacity? Google isn't doing it for me)

By anon on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:10am.

830

By faegirl on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:19am.

The hall can generally hold about 830 people, but that is not including any spaces set aside for news reporters and their cameras.

By anon on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:21am.

I think they tried to get tv, but stations already have done 3 mayoral debates and tonight is the first of several Senate debates.

By anon on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 10:31am.

have done events with the Gov there and taken out a few rows

By anon on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 11:43am.

Earlier in the campaign, the challengers and the incumbent agree on a certain number of televised debates. Not broadcasting live Tuesday night's event is likely a result of that agreement.

You might inquire if somebody is nonetheless videotaping the event, as was done earlier in the campaign for a non-televised event that was subsequently put online.

By Jack on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 4:08pm.

Why couldn't they webcast the mayoral debate if not televise it? At least give a chance for those of us who can't get to the event -- both candidates are supposedly so tech-saavy that they should jump at the chance...

By adamg on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 7:22pm.

96.9, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

By anon on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 9:14am.

Wednesday, Oct. 28:
Neighborhood Associations Candidates Night, 7-9 PM @ Richard Murphy School, 7 Worrell Street, Dorchester