Maryland Public Television
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Oct 20, 2026
Andy EllisPANELIST
And then they went to PBS at the national level and said, PBS, if you ever want to host one of our debates, you need to start adopting these rules too.
Andy EllisPANELIST
So PBS started adopting those rules and then they started pushing those rules down to their local stations like Maryland Public Television.
Andy EllisPANELIST
So stations like Maryland Public Television now have a standard for who gets to be in statewide debates to say you have to have 10% in polls in order to be in, a third party candidate has to have 10% in the polls in order to be included in a debate.
Andy EllisPANELIST
So they've had this standard for a while.
Andy EllisPANELIST
No third party candidate for governor or senator has gotten more than 3% in the state of Maryland since reconstruction.
Andy EllisPANELIST
Well, one of the other things that came up in this Public Information Act request was a conversation that they had to a press release that I sent out and a bill that Davon and I were working on where they spent the whole day in email freaking out because I sent out a press release that said if I was the governor, I would double their budget.
Andy EllisPANELIST
They were like, if the governor finds out that this happened and thinks that we put Andy up to this, then the governor will cut our budget.
Andy EllisPANELIST
So they all started scrambling to make calls to the people in the General Assembly and to the governor in order to make sure that the governor didn't think that Maryland Public Television called me and told me to put out a press release.
Mary Elizabeth JacksonHOST
So Pauline enjoys telling other people's stories.
Mary Elizabeth JacksonHOST
Throughout her career as an award-winning filmmaker and writer, she's written and directed documentaries for PBS, Maryland Public Television, Sesame Street, Discovery Channel, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Smithsonian, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Mary Elizabeth JacksonHOST
Her articles and essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and Moment Magazine.
Mary Elizabeth JacksonHOST
Pauline is a board member of Generation After DC, a nonprofit network of Jewish Holocaust survivors, their children, and descendants.
Kim KlacikHOST
He fell for it.
Kim KlacikHOST
I went back to YouTube, as I was mentioning last night, and I saw over 300,000 views on that debate between Dan Cox and Wes Moore on the Maryland Public Television, uh, YouTube channel.
Kim KlacikHOST
That was just on their channel alone.
Kim KlacikHOST
So 300,000 people possibly watched that entire debate, uh, at its full length.
Mileah KromerGUEST
Thanks for having me.
Matt BushHOST
So Governor Wes Moore and his Republican challenger Dan Cox faced off on Tuesday in their only scheduled debate at Maryland Public Television.
Matt BushHOST
One of the most notable moments came when Moore, who's been floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate for Democrats, declined to give a yes or no answer when pressed on whether he would serve a full four-year term if reelected.
Pamela WoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Governor Moore, yes or no to my question, do you commit to serving the full four-year term if you're re-elected?
Kim KlacikHOST
I thought she did a great job.
Kim KlacikHOST
And, uh, from Maryland Public Television, uh, Jeff was there.
Kim KlacikHOST
I'm gonna go back and take a look at his last name 'cause of course it escapes my mind right now.
Kim KlacikHOST
But he was there, and he did a great job as well.
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Melissa SegevADVERTISER
Yeah.
Kim KlacikHOST
And, uh, you know what? I will say this too, Bernie.
Kim KlacikHOST
I, I think he believed, because it was Maryland Public Television, and Jason Newton, he was the, the moderator, and the panelists were the same panelists as last time.
Kim KlacikHOST
You know, they were very slanted.
C4HOST
That's Governor Wes Moore, audience and Brian.
C4HOST
The, last night, yesterday afternoon actually, at the debate that was taped, that played last evening, we have Maryland Public Television, WBAL TV 11, and WRC down the road in, uh, DC area, all came together to bring us the only, it was probably gonna be the only Maryland gubernatorial debate between the major candidates, that being Governor Wes Moore and former Democrat and former Maryland delegate, uh, Dan Cox, Republican.
C4HOST
And they dealt with many issues, including that one on ICE.
C4HOST
Here is Dan Cox, Brian and audience, on ICE.
Gary SterkoffHOST
That was from WBFF in Baltimore.
Gary SterkoffHOST
The debate was hosted by Maryland Public Television.
Gary SterkoffHOST
These were the opening statements.
Dan CoxSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Four years ago, Governor Hogan left a five billion surplus in our budget, but today Governor Moore has given us a $3.3 billion structural deficit while he scandalizes our property taxes, rents, and electric bills.
Wes MooreSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The last time the homicide rates were this low in Baltimore, I wasn't born yet.
Wes MooreSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I'm excited to spend tonight talking about the future that we'll forge together.
Gary SterkoffHOST
Maryland gubernatorial debate between the incumbent, Wes Moore, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Dan Cox, hosted by Maryland Public Television.
Gary SterkoffHOST
Those were the opening statements.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I am currently the only Black governor in this country, and please take that title away from me on November 3rd.
Andrea ColemanHOST
Maryland Public Television and partner stations are recording the debate today and will air it unedited tonight at 7:00 PM.
Andrea ColemanHOST
This is the only debate between the candidates before the November 3rd general election.
Andrea ColemanHOST
A new UMBC poll finds Moore holding a 27-point lead over his Republican challenger, 51% of respondents saying they would vote for Moore if the election were held today, compared to 24% for Cox.
Joe FrancavigliaHOST
Can you do a quick plug for that so people can know both when is the debate and how can people watch it with other Democrats? So the debate is
Sam FriedmanGUEST
on Tuesday, October 6th, hosted by Maryland Public Television.
Sam FriedmanGUEST
If you want to join our virtual watch party, go to mddems.org slash debate.
Sam FriedmanGUEST
And we'll put up a link there in this video.