Start time, how to watch and stream the Casey-McCormick fight

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and challenger Dave McCormick will face off Thursday in Harrisburg in the first of two debates in this year’s key Pennsylvania Senate race, less than five weeks from Election Day.

Casey, an incumbent Democrat seeking a fourth term, maintains a narrowing poll lead over McCormick, a wealthy former hedge fund CEO who lost the 2022 Republican Senate primary to TV personality Mehmet Oz.

This year’s Senate run certainly doesn’t match the level of interest in Oz’s contest with John Fetterman, the former Democratic lieutenant governor who won the race by just under 5 percentage points after suffering a stroke mid-campaign.

Casey, 64, is an outspoken supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris and has based his campaign on what he calls “greedflation,” accusing corporations of raising prices for consumers while reaping record profits. Casey also spoke in favor of Harris’ plan to push for legislation protecting and restoring abortion rights across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

McCormick, 59, worked in President George W. Bush’s administration and served on former President Donald Trump’s Defense Advisory Council. He didn’t have Trump’s endorsement in 2022 (the former president told McCormick “he managed money for communist China” and “not MAGA”), but this time he gained Trump’s support and regularly appeared at his rallies in Pennsylvania, most recently on Sunday in Erie.

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Casey and McCormick will participate in the second debate on October 15 in Philadelphia, which will be broadcast live on 6abc and Univision 65.

Here’s what you need to know to watch or stream today’s debate:

What time does the Casey-McCormick debate start?

The debate between Casey and McCormick is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. and will last one hour.

The fight will take place in Harrisburg at the studios of abc27, the ABC affiliate serving the Susquehanna Valley. News anchor Dennis Owens, who has been with the station for more than 30 years, will moderate the debate, asking questions “focused on local and regional issues impacting communities across Pennsylvania,” Nexstar said in a statement.

Where can I watch the debate?

The debate will be broadcast live in Philadelphia on PHL17. You can too stream on the abc27 website.

The debate will be broadcast live nationwide on NewsNation, Nexstar’s cable news network.

The debate will be broadcast throughout Pennsylvania and the region on multiple local television stations. Here’s a rundown of where you can tune in:

There’s also a Pa. attorney general debate tonight

Casey and McCormick won’t be the only Pennsylvania candidates taking part in tonight’s debate.

Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday will face off in Lancaster at 8 p.m. in the WGAL-TV studios in the race to become Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement officer. The debate will be moderated by News8 news anchor Brian Roche.

You can stream this debate live here, courtesy of WGAL: