DALLAS — The Senate race between Republican incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat challenger Congressman Colin Allred is heating up, and the two candidates' first face-to-face encounter will come on WFAA.
At 7 p.m. on Oct. 15, "The Texas Debate" between the two candidates will take place at WFAA's studio, and it will be broadcasted across Texas. Three weeks before Election Day, it will be the only debate between the incumbent Cruz and Allred, his Democrat opponent.
In addition to airing on WFAA, the debate will be livestreamed on the WFAA+ app. The streaming app is available for download on Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire, as well as on iPhone and Android.
Coverage on WFAA+ will start at 3 p.m. that day on WFAA+, and there will also be analysis immediately before and following the debate.
WFAA.com will also have live coverage and recaps of the debate, as well as additional context and background on each candidate and the stances of their campaigns.
For anyone who lives outside of North Texas, the debate will also air on the following stations:
- KHOU (Houston)
- KVUE (Austin)
- KENS (San Antonio)
- KCEN (Waco)
- KAGS (College Station)
- KYTX (Tyler)
- KIII (Corpus Christi)
- KBMT-KJAC (Beaumont)
- KXVA (Abilene)
- KIDY (San Angelo)
- KWES (Midland and Odessa)
More coverage of The Texas Debate from WFAA: