GOP candidate Rich Dziekan, left, and Mayor Anita Dugatto, right.
Mayor Anita Dugatto and Republican candidate Rich Dziekan will debate 7 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium at Derby High School.
Derby Public Schools will be live streaming the debate from this link.
Here’s the format:
Part I
Opening statements
Part II
A question from a student
Part III
The candidates ask each other three questions
Part IV
The Valley Indy reporters will question the candidates. Some of those questions were suggested by Valley Indy readers.
Part V
Closing statements
REMEMBER
Election Day is Nov. 7!
Dugatto, a Democrat, is seeking a third, two-year term. She is the first female mayor in Derby’s history.
Dziekan, a Republican, is a retired Hamden police officer and was formerly the director of constituent services for Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti.
The debate — the first debate in public in at least 12 years — is sponsored by Derby Public Schools and The Valley Indy.
Valley Indy reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry are the moderators.
