The Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series will host general election debates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate special election, Congressional Districts 5, 6, 7, 9, 14*; Public Service Commission Districts 1 and 4; and Commission Chair for Cobb and Gwinnett Counties. The debate series will take place on October 12, 13, 14 and 19, 2020.  Candidates who qualify with the Secretary of State’s office to have their names on the ballot are invited to participate in our debates.

The Atlanta Press Club will partner with Georgia Public Broadcasting for the statewide debates and Public Broadcasting Atlanta/WABE 90.1 for the local races. The debates will be available for viewers to watch online or on demand via Facebook at www.fb.com/TheAtlantaPressClub.

The debates airing on Georgia Public Broadcasting also will be available on GPB.org and GPB-TV.  The debates airing on Public Broadcasting Atlanta will be available on WABE.org and WABE 90.1 

For further questions please contact The Atlanta Press Club Media Contact, Lauri Strauss, at [email protected] or (770) 778-0739.

Debate schedule:

Congressional District 5

Congressional District 14*

* We have invited Marjorie Taylor Greene to participate in a debate 

and will honor that invitation.

U.S. Senate 

(Perdue Incumbent)

Congressional District 9 

Public Service Commission, District 1

Public Service Commission, District 4

Congressional District 6

Congressional District 7

Gwinnett County Commission Chair

Cobb County Commission Chair

U.S. Senate Special Election *

(Loeffler Incumbent)

*Qualified candidates who have reached at least 3% in at least 

2 non-partisan polls

U.S. Senate Special Election *

(Loeffler Incumbent)

*Qualified candidates who have not reached at least 3% in at least 

2 non-partisan polls 

The general election will be held on November 3, 2020.

More information regarding the Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series can be found at https://bit.ly/2Rytgzz.