WCSU, The League of Women Voters chapters of Northern Fairfield County and Litchfield County and The Danbury News-Times sponsored the debate, which featured incumbent Democrat Jahana Hayes and two challengers: Republican David X. Sullivan and Bruce Walczak of the Independent Party.

The recording is available on YouTube at www.youtube.com/channel/UC4VHdMke9a1wfp2aYuToudw. Viewers may also type “WCSU Studio Election Connection” into the search box at YouTube.com.

The debate was part of the annual coverage provided by WCSU Media Arts students as part of “Election Connection,” an award-winning news program that culminates with an Election Day show on www.wcsu.edu/live and on WXCI-91.7 FM.

Hayes, of Waterbury, is completing her first term representing the Fifth District. She was the national Teacher of the Year before entering politics.  Sullivan is a former assistant U.S. Attorney for Connecticut. He lives in New Fairfield.  Walczak, a longtime resident of Newtown, owns an employee relocation consulting firm and is a member of the Newtown Police Commission