Tonight: Gubernatorial Debate with 7 Candidates

Bet you didn’t even know there were seven gubernatorial candidates. But there are and tonight there’s a seven-way debate in the New York gubernatorial race. You can, of course, listen to it on WNYC at 7PM and Brian Lehrer is having a live chat.

You can also watch it on TV.

Sure Democrat Andrew Cuomo and Republican Carl Paladino will have at it. But there are plenty more voices to be heard tonight. See if you can name ’em. Alright I’ll name ’em for ya:

The 90-minute debate will include Cuomo and Paladino, Brooklyn’s Charles Barron of the Freedom Party, Kristin Davis, of the Anti-Prohibition Party; Howie Hawkins of the Green Party (he’s David Pechefsky’s choice for governor), Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is 2 Damn High Party, and Warren Redlich of the Libertarian Party.

If you’re interested you can read about the five other candidates for governor at the New York Times.