Charlotte City Council, 9th District candidates face off in live debates 

The top contenders in the 9th Congressional District special election and all Democrats running at-large for Charlotte City Council will debate live this week.

Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready will meet Wednesday night in a one-hour debate sponsored by the Charlotte Observer and WBTV. The debate starts at 7 p.m. and will be televised live on WBTV.

Also at 7 p.m. Wednesday, WFAE will broadcast a live forum among the seven Democrats competing in the at-large primary. The seven are running for four seats. Only one Republican is running at-large in the November election.

The WFAE forum, hosted by Mike Collins, will be rebroadcast Thursday morning at 9 a.m. on Charlotte Talks.

Both the special congressional election and the city primary are on Sept. 10. Early voting has already begun.

This story was originally published August 26, 2019 at 4:20 PM with the headline "Charlotte City Council, 9th District candidates face off in live debates ."