Final Mayoral Debate Slated For Oct. 24 At Shubert Theater

The final mayoral debate in a year chock-full of them will take place at the Shubert Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m., as two-term incumbent Mayor Justin Elicker and challengers Tom Goldenberg and Wendy Hamilton will take the stage.

The city’s public-financing Democracy Fund will host the debate, along with the New Haven Independent, at the downtown theater located at 247 College St.

The three candidates still in this year’s crowded mayoral race — Democratic and Working Families Party candidate Justin Elicker, Republican and Independent Party candidate Tom Goldenberg, and unaffiliated petitioning candidate Wendy Hamilton — will all be participating. All three will have their names appear on the Nov. 7 general election ballot. 

Only Elicker is participating in the Democracy Fund, which provides grants and matching funds to mayoral candidates who agree to cap individual campaign contributions at $445 each and forswear money from political action committees. Goldenberg’s lack of participation in the Democracy Fund means that he has been able to raise individual donation’s up to $1,000 each over the course of the campaign. He’s also contributed tens of thousands of dollars of his own money towards his campaign. Hamilton’s sole campaign finance filing indicates that her campaign has not raised or spent more than $1,000 this campaign year.

Click here to submit questions in advance. Click here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here to read about previous mayoral debates, including those with now-former mayoral candidates Liam Brennan and Shafiq Abdussabur.

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