BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261007T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261007T190000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Congressional Debate DESCRIPTION:Both candidates have been invited to participate in a public debate prior to the November 2026 election. Congressmember Aisha Wahab and BART Board President Melissa Hernandez are running against one another for the full-term of the seat vacated by Eric Swalwell. The debate will be held on October 7th at 5-7 PM at the Holiday Inn-Dublin.The 90-minute debate is sponsored by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce\, moderated by KPIX 5 journalist\, Juliette Goodrich. Livermore based Amos Productions will produce the event for the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.Ground rules-Answers to questions - up to 2 minutes eachRebuttals- up to 2 minutesFollow up- Moderator has the discretion to follow up with clarifying questionsClosing Statement- up to 2 minutes eachThere will be a timekeeper.Questions- Will be answerable by each candidate\, not written to favor one candidate over the other. Personal attacks are not permitted.No interruptions- Moderator will cut off immediately if there is an interruption\, a brief reply will be allowed if one is named.Audience- No cheering\, booing\, comments\, no signs\, no hand waving of any kind. Phones will be silenced. No audience recording of event in any way. Debate will be recorded by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce\, who will post the entire Debate intact\, not in clips. Debate shall be open to the public\; due to seat limitations\, each candidate will be allocated 20 seats to ensure their supporters will gain entry to the event.No props\, pre-written notes or brief books at the podium. No campaign signs\, banners\, buttons or props on stage. Literature and campaign materials can be displayed in the hotel lobby area. Press will be able to interview candidates and supporters in lobby area at conclusion of the debate. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Both candidates have been invited to participate in a public debate prior to the November 2026 election. Congressmember Aisha Wahab and BART Board President Melissa Hernandez are running against one another for the full-term of the seat vacated by Eric Swalwell. The debate will be held on October 7th at 5-7 PM at the Holiday Inn-Dublin.

The 90-minute debate is sponsored by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce\, moderated by KPIX&ndash\;5 journalist\, Juliette Goodrich. Livermore based Amos Productions will produce the event for the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Ground rules-

Answers to questions - up to 2 minutes each

Rebuttals- up to 2 minutes

Follow up- Moderator has the discretion to follow up with clarifying questions

Closing Statement- up to 2 minutes each

There will be a timekeeper.

Questions- Will be answerable by each candidate\, not written to favor one candidate over the other. Personal attacks are not permitted.

No interruptions- Moderator will cut off immediately if there is an interruption\, a brief reply will be allowed if one is named.

Audience- No cheering\, booing\, comments\, no signs\, no hand waving of any kind. Phones will be silenced. No audience recording of event in any way. Debate will be recorded by the Dublin Chamber of Commerce\, who will post the entire Debate intact\, not in clips. Debate shall be open to the public\; due to seat limitations\, each candidate will be allocated 20 seats to ensure their supporters will gain entry to the event.

No props\, pre-written notes or brief books at the podium. No campaign signs\, banners\, buttons or props on stage. Literature and campaign materials can be displayed in the hotel lobby area. Press will be able to interview candidates and supporters in lobby area at conclusion of the debate.


LOCATION:6680 Regional Street Dublin 94568 UID:e.3840.1634074 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260915T070426Z URL:https://business.sanleandrochamber.com/events/Details/congressional-debate-1923353?sourceTypeId=Hub END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR