BEAUMONT, Texas — The Senate race between incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Colin Allred is in the home stretch ahead of Election Day. Before the voters have their say, they'll hear from both candidates in "The Texas Debate."
The debate between the two candidates will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at the studio of our sister station, WFAA in Dallas. It’ll be broadcast live across Texas.
For those of you in Southeast Texas, you can watch the debate live on ABC12, NBC12 and 12News+. (12News+ can be downloaded for free on Roku, FireTV and AppleTV.)
The first hour of ABC's Dancing with the Stars from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m., will be moved from ABC12 to MYTX (channel 12.5) with the second hour airing on ABC12 from 8 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The debate will be moderated by WFAA's Senior Political Reporter Jason Whitely and Gromer Jeffers from the Dallas Morning News.
For anyone who lives outside of the Southeast Texas area, the debate will also air on the following stations:
- WFAA (Dallas)
- KHOU (Houston)
- KVUE (Austin)
- KENS (San Antonio)
- KCEN (Waco)
- KAGS (College Station)
- KYTX (Tyler)
- KIII (Corpus Christi)
- KXVA (Abilene)
- KIDY (San Angelo)
- KWES (Midland and Odessa)
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.