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Moderators announced for presidential debates

Posted at 10:41 AM, Sep 02, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-02 10:41:54-04

AP/WXMI – The presidential debates are coming up, starting in just a few weeks, and moderators have been announced.

The Commission on Presidential Debates, the non-partisan organization that puts on the debates, made the announcement Friday.

Lester Holt, anchor of NBC Nightly News, will moderate the first presidential debate on Sept. 26 in Hempstead, New York. ABC’s Martha Raddatz and CNN’s Anderson Cooper will moderate the second debate on Oct. 9 in St. Louis. Chris Wallace of Fox News will moderate the third on Oct. 19 in Las Vegas.

Elaine Quijano of CBS News will moderate the lone vice presidential debate on Oct. 4 in Farmville, Virginia.