California Democratic Party Officially Sanctions CNN, Los Angeles Times, POLITICO Presidential Debate to be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2008

Written by: Susan Rowe on Dec 3, 2007 9:48 PM EST

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Democratic Party
For Immediate Release: Monday, December 3, 2007
Contacts Below

California Democratic Party Officially Sanctions CNN, Los Angeles Times, POLITICO Presidential Debate to be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, 2008

CNN, the Los Angeles Times and POLITICO announced today that the California Democratic Party will sanction the Jan. 31, 2008, Democratic presidential primary debate in Los Angeles.  Scheduled less than one week before Super Tuesday, this debate will be the candidates’ final face-off before primary voters in more than 20 states flock to the polls on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. CNN’s

Wolf Blitzer will moderate, with journalists from the Los Angeles Times and POLITICO participating in the questioning. This is the only debate that the Democratic Party of California has officially sanctioned in the 2008 race for the White House.

 “The California Democratic Party is excited that our party’s presidential debate, on the eve of the momentous Feb. 5 primaries, will be in Los Angeles, California,” said California Democratic Party Chairman Art Torres. “As a native Angeleno, I am proud to join CNN, the Los Angeles Times and POLITICO in helping our presidential candidates embrace the diversity and vision that California offers all Americans.”

CNN, the Los Angeles Times and POLITICO will also sponsor the final Republican primary debate on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library will be the site of this debate, which will be moderated by CNN’s Anderson Cooper with The Times and POLITICO again participating in candidate questioning.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily readership of nearly 2.2 million and 3.2 million on Sunday.  The Los Angeles Times and its media businesses - including latimes.com, The Envelope, Times Community Newspapers, Hoy, and California Community News - reach approximately 8.1 million or 62% of all adults in the Southern California marketplace every week. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times, has been covering Southern California for over 125 years and is part of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB), one of the country's leading media companies with businesses in publishing, the Internet and broadcasting. Additional information about the Los Angeles Times is available at www.latimes.com/mediacenter.

POLITICO is a Washington, D.C.-based political journalism organization that distributes its content via the internet, newspaper, television and radio. Its coverage includes Congress, Washington lobbying, and the 2008 presidential election. POLITICO and POLITICO.com launched in January, 2007 with the mission of covering politics with enterprise, style, and impact. POLITICO is a publication of Capitol News Company, LLC.

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Contacts:

California Democratic Party

Roger Salazar (916) 284-1255, roger AT cadem DOT org

CNN, Washington, D.C.

Edie Emery (202) 898-7657, edie Dot emery AT cnn Dot com

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles

Nancy Sullivan (213) 237-6160, nancy DOT sullivan AT latimes DOT com

POLITICO, Arlington, Va.

Kim Kinglsey (703) 647-7699, kkingsley AT politico DOT com 

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