Challenger Joyce Overton and incumbent Jeff Smith will appear at the special event, which will be held in the council chambers at Clearlake City Hall, 14050 Olympic Drive.
The debate will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is expected to last an hour.
The Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce and Lake County News are sponsoring the debate, which will be broadcast live on TV8.
The public is invited to submit questions to Lake County News via e-mail to
Questions also may be submitted to the Clear Lake Chamber via e-mail at
The format used for the debate will put the same questions to both candidates, so as much as possible questions should be broadly applicable.
A small number of questions will be taken via note cards at the debate.
Questions about the debate may be directed to debate moderator Elizabeth Larson, 707-274-9904, or at
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