This week and next, Vermont Edition is bringing you election debates for statewide offices. On Wednesday, the leading candidates for treasurer meet in a live, face-to-face debate.
Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Beth Pearce faces a challenge from Progressive candidate Don Schramm, a Burlington businessman, in the general election.
Schramm and Pearce will debate each other over the issues, their qualifications and their competing visions for the office.
Topics discussed in this debate include:
- Experience candidates would bring to the office
- Lake Champlain cleanup
- State borrowing and the state's bond rating
- Money for retirement
- Tax on Social Security benefits
- Divesting state money from fossil fuels
- Long-term stability of state pension funds
- Higher education
- What candidates think is the most-pressing issue for the office over the next two years
The debate is broadcast live on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
