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GOP candidates for Alabama governor debate tonight

YRFA logoIt’s time to hear from the Republican candidates for governor.

Two local media outlets have made it easy for you to do just that from the comfort of your home this evening (provided you’re not hearing about this after 8:30 p.m. via Twitter or Facebook).

The Young Republican Federation of Alabama (YRFA) is hosting a gubernatorial debate tonight in Birmingham, AL at the Cahaba Grand Conference Center between Robert Bentley and Bradley Byrne. It’s being sponsored by the student government associations of the University of Alabama and Auburn University and will begin at 8:30 p.m. (though a pre-debate party started at 7 p.m.).

Don’t worry about not being there though (especially since they’re expecting the space for the event itself to max out at 150 people) as both AL.com and WAPI 100.5 FM are simulcasting it. We’re also assuming that AL.com will be providing an archived copy of the live stream after the event is finished. NBC13‘s Jon Paepcke will be serving as moderator.

The winner of the July 13 runoff will face Democratic nominee Ron Sparks.

Huckabee speaks at Samford University

Mike Huckabee at Samford University on January 27. Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

There were about 300 people in the Jan Hollock Recital Hall and more than 700 in the Leslie S. Wright Center Concert Hall next door.
Huckabee spoke to the smaller crowd while the larger, in the over flow section, listening. Then after the first speech, he went over to the Write Hall, spoke and then shook hands afterwards.

Click on the image above to view more from the event.