Politics & Government
Frelinghuysen, Herbert to Debate Sunday Morning
WMTR radio broadcast to begin at 11 a.m.
The first of two radio debates between Democrat Douglas Herbert and Republican incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen, U.S. Congressional candidates for District 11, which includes Morristown, is scheduled for Sunday at 11 a.m. on WMTR-1250 AM.
The program will be moderated by radio host Jessie Frees, according to both campaigns.
A second radio debate between the two candidates is scheduled to be broadcast on WRNJ-1510 AM out of Hackettstown on Oct. 29. That debate is scheduled to be hosted by Joyce Estey.
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Herbert, from Chatham, has in the past issued several challenges for a debate with Frelinghuysen, an eight-term incumbent from Harding Township. Gary La Spisa, campaign coordinator for Frelinghuysen, said Thursday he had no comment on why the congressman had decided to conduct this month's scheduled debates.
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