As the election of 2014 approaches, WCAI features debates and discussions with many of the local candidates. All our Election 2014 coverage will be posted to this page - so go ahead and bookmark it.Election Day is Tuesday, November 4.
Our
Election Night Coverage will include live in-studio updates and analysis from Mindy Todd, with special guests Henri Rauschenbach and Paul Niedzwiecki, as well as live national coverage from NPR News.
- Guest Analyst Henri Rauschenbach is a former State Senator and State Representative. He also served as Undersecretary of Administration and Finance, Senior Policy Advisor on Energy to the Governor (Gov. Cellucci and Gov. Swift), and Senior Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor (Gov. Swift).
- Guest Analyst Paul Niedzwiecki is Executive Director of the Cape Cod Commission. He served as a legislative aide to State Representative John Klimm, and legislative aid to State Senator Henri Rauschenbach.
Our election program calendar (scroll down this page for audio from each program as it is posted):
October 2 Candidates for the 1st Barnstable State Rep seat Elisa Zawadkas (Dem) and Timothy Whelan (Rep)
October 7 Candidates for the 2nd Barnstable State Rep seat Brian Mannal (Dem) and Adam Chaprales (Rep)
October 14 Candidate for Cape and Islands Senate Seat Dan Wolf (Dem) and Ron Beaty (Rep)
October 22 1
st half-hour: Candidates for Barnstable County Commissioner Mark Forest (Dem) and Leo Cakounes (Rep). 2
nd half-hour: Candidates for Barnstable County District Attorney Michael O'Keefe (Rep) and Richard Barry (Dem)
October 23 Candidates for 5th Barnstable State Rep seat Randy Hunt (Rep) and Matthew Terry (Dem)
October 28 Candidates for Plymouth and Barnstable State Senate seat Vinny deMacedo (Rep) Matthew Patrick (Dem) and Heather Mullins (Libertarian)