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All eight Democratic candidates have agreed to participate \u2013 Tony Evers, Matt Flynn, Mike McCabe, Mahlon Mitchell, Josh Pade, Kelda Helen Roys, Paul R. Soglin and Kathleen Vinehout.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican senatorial debate will start at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 26. All five Republican candidates have agreed to participate \u2013 Charles Barman, Griffin Jones, George Lucia, Kevin Nicholson and Leah Vukmir.<\/p>\n<p>Additional media partners include WisPolitics, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the USA Today Network.<\/p>\n<p>Following the one-hour, televised debates, an additional 30 minutes of content with the candidates will air live on WUWM radio and stream live on\u00a0wuwm.com, tmj4.com, nbc26.com,\u00a0WisPolitics.com\u00a0and\u00a0jsonline.com.<\/p>\n<p>The events are ticketed. All candidates receive an equal number of tickets to be distributed at their discretion. 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