C-NET interviews with candidates now available to watch online
An educated and engaged citizenry is the foundation of our democracy. In an effort to provide information about candidates for public office, C-NET, the local Government and Educational Access Network, produces interviews each election with candidates on the ballot. All candidates in the covered races are invited to participate, including third-party candidates, who appreciate the opportunity to present their ideas.
C-NET is a nonprofit organization governed by a volunteer board of directors. Membership currently consists of 16 member organizations. The municipalities of Bellefonte Borough, College Township, Ferguson Township, Halfmoon Township, Harris Township, Patton Township and State College Borough; the Bellefonte and State College area school districts; Centre County Government, the Centre Region Council of Governments, Penn State, Schlow Centre Region Library, the Centre Region Parks and Recreation Authority, the State College Borough Water Authority and the University Area Joint Authority. These organizations provide the funding and other support necessary for all of C-NET’s programming, including the candidate interviews.
C-NET first began producing candidate interviews back in 1994. The C-NET director hosted the interviews for the first few years, but it wasn’t long before local journalists began developing the questions and conducting the interviews. For the upcoming 2022 general election, interviews were conducted by Anne Danahy, WPSU reporter, and Geoff Rushton, managing editor of StateCollege.com. These journalists volunteer their time and talent to C-NET, and we are most appreciative of their commitment to voter education.
We would like to thank the candidates who accepted our invitation and were willing to answer questions and provide insight into their positions on various issues. The participating candidates for the 2022 general election included:
Dan Wassmer, U.S. Senate, Keystone Party
Richard Weiss, U.S. Senate, Green Party
Mike Molesevich, U.S. House, PA 15th District, Democrat
Glenn GT Thompson, U.S. House, PA 15th District, Republican
Joseph Soloski, PA Governor, Keystone Party
Michael Bagdes-Canning, PA Lt. Governor, Green Party
Scott Conklin, PA State House, 77th District, Democrat
Justin Behrens, PA State House, 82nd District, Republican
Paul Takac, PA State House, 82nd District, Democrat
Kerry Benninghoff, PA State House, 171st District, Republican
Robert Zeigler, PA State House, 171st District, Democrat
All of the interviews for 2022 are now available to watch on C-NET’s website, cnet1.org. The interviews will be televised on C-NET Channel 7 at the following times:
Interviews for Governor, Lt. Governor and PA State House of Representatives
Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 9 a.m.
Thursday, Nov. 3 at 5 a.m.
Friday, Nov. 4 at midnight
Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.
Interviews for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, PA 15th District
Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 9 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 3 at midnight
Friday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5 at 9 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 6 at 4 p.m.
We hope that residents will take the time to watch the interviews, either on TV or on online, and become informed about their choices in the upcoming election. The C-NET Board of Directors and staff have appreciated the opportunity to produce candidate interviews for the past 24 years, and look forward to continuing to do so well into the future.
This story was originally published October 20, 2022 at 6:00 AM.