WATCH: Democratic candidates for US Senate debate on WCAX

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The candidates for Vermont’s U.S. Senate seat face off in a debate on WCAX Thursday night.

Watch live on Channel 3 and WCAX.com from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. as Independent Senator Bernie Sanders takes on his Republican challenger, Gerald Malloy.

Watch our Campaign Countdown coverage of the race in the player below.

The debate between Sanders and Malloy is the first of the WCAX News election debates this season.

On Tuesday, October 29, Gov. Phil Scott and Esther Charlestin, the candidates for Vermont governor, will face off on WCAX. And on Wednesday, October, 30, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman will debate John Rodgers in the race for Vermont lieutenant governor.

The election is on November 5 and more information on voting can be obtained from the Vermont Secretary of State’s website or your local town clerk.