tonight is between martin, ken myers and republican candidate claudia tenney. we will decide which of the candidates will replace congressman richard hanna who is retiring. the rules for the debate were said by the league of women voters and each will have two minutes for an opening statement. the candidates will then take turns answering questions and will have two minutes to respond to each question. closing statements will be one minute each in a as as a moderai reserve the right to ask follow-up questions. we are taking questions from our live audience, tv and radio audience may also submit questions through twitter. just use the hash tag #ny22 and you can also submit through wskg facebook page. none of the candidates have viewed the questions ahead of time. if they exceed the time, someone will ring the bell. finally, wskg and the league of women voters are committed to serving discourse. before we started we drew straws to determine the order in which the candidates will make their opening statements. ms. tenney, you go first. >> tenney: i just want to sa

live coverage of a debate in new york's 22nd district between republican claudia tenney a democrat ken myers at eight eastern here and i :00 in texas will heard -- hurd faces the man he beat and 2014, pete gallego in a debate for the 23rd district. 8:00, be iowa from the first district. -- the iowa debate from the first district on c-span2. >> all week on c-span2, live simulcast of political radio talk shows. friday, from 9:00 a.m. until noon, a conservative political perspective from my gallagher live from new york city. -- mike gallagher live from new york city on c-span2. + the having to post -- >> having to post reporting bernie sanders campaigned in the new york 19th district race, calling it the most important congressional race in the country as a battle between a super pac billionaires and the working class. senator sanders will also be campaigning with hillary clinton tonight in raleigh, north carolina and we will take you there live at 7:45 eastern on c-span. >> election night on c-span, watch the results and be part of a national conversation about the outcome. the on location at

live coverage of a debate in new york's 22nd district between republican claudia tenney a democrat ken myers at eight eastern here and i :00 in texas will heard -- hurd faces the man he beat and 2014, pete gallego in a debate for the 23rd district. 8:00, be iowa from the first district. -- the iowa debate from the first district on c-span2. >> all week on c-span2, live simulcast of political radio talk shows. friday, from 9:00 a.m. until noon, a conservative political perspective from my gallagher live from new york city. -- mike gallagher live from new york city on c-span2. + the having to post -- >> having to post reporting bernie sanders campaigned in the new york 19th district race, calling it the most important congressional race in the country as a battle between a super pac billionaires and the working class. senator sanders will also be campaigning with hillary clinton tonight in raleigh, north carolina and we will take you there live at 7:45 eastern on c-span. >> election night on c-span, watch the results and be part of a national conversation about the outcome. the on location at