The Fix's 2010 debate guide

By Aaron Blake

If you are one of those people -- like us -- planning to switch between playoff baseball and the Florida Senate debate tonight, then boy do we have a list for you.

Almost every night between now and Nov. 2, some candidates somewhere are debating. Below you'll find our list of who's debating when, who's sponsoring the get-together and where it's happening. In cases where no start time for the debate is specified, it's because we don't know it. (C-SPAN is broadcasting lots and lots of these debates -- we are more thankful for C-SPAN with every passing day -- so check their website to see what they are planning to run.)

We view this debate guide as the Fix's own personal bonzai tree that will require frequent grooming, so let us know what you think.

The Fix 2010 Debate Guide

Oct. 6
7 p.m. Rhode Island Governor - Channel 12, Florida Senate - ABC News/Orlando (ON C-SPAN!), Maine Governor -Portland Regional Chamber/Portland

Oct. 7
6:30 p.m. Rhode Island Governor - Common Cause
7 p.m. Connecticut Senate - Business Council of Fairfield County/Norwalk
8 p.m. Ohio Governor - Toledo
8 p.m. Iowa Governor - Cedar Rapids Gazette/KCRG-TV
9 p.m. Colorado Senate - Pueblo Chieftain
9 p.m. Tennessee Governor - Knoxville News-Sentinel/WBIR-TV/ Knoxville, Vermont Governor - Vermont Public Television/Colchester, Nevada Governor - KRNV-TV

Oct. 8
12 noon Ohio Senate - Cleveland City Club
9 p.m. Wisconsin Senate - Wisconsin Broadcasters Association/Milwaukee, Florida Governor - Univision

Oct. 9
8 p.m. Tennessee Governor - Memphis Commercial Appeal/WREG-TV/Memphis, Minnesota Governor - Fox 9/Hamline University/St. Paul

Oct. 10
11 a.m. Illinois Senate - Meet the Press, Michigan Governor - Detroit

Oct. 11
Alaska Senate - Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Maine Governor - Bangor Daily News/WVII-TV, Minnesota Governor - Children's Hospitals and Clinics
12 noon - New Hampshire Senate - New England College
7 p.m. North Carolina Senate - UNC-TV/North Carolina Broadcasters Association
7 p.m. Kentucky Senate - Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
8 p.m. Wisconsin Senate - Institute for Public Policy and Service/Wisconsin Public Radio/Wausau
8 p.m. Maryland Governor -- WJZ-TV (tape-delayed)
8 p.m. Indiana Senate - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
8:15 p.m. Colorado Senate - Denver Post/9News

Oct. 12
Ohio Senate - Columbus, Colorado Governor - Pueblo Chieftain, California Governor - Dominican University, Hawaii Governor - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Minnesota Governor - Minnesota Public Radio
7 p.m. Connecticut Senate - WTNH-TV/WCTX-TV/New London

Oct. 13
North Carolina Senate - WNCN-TV/League of Women Voters/Raleigh, Colorado Governor - Denver Post/9News, Maine Governor - Maine Municipal Association/Augusta
1 p.m. Vermont Governor - Burlington Free Press
5:30 p.m. Connecticut Governor - New London Day/WTNH-TV
7 p.m. Delaware Senate - University of Delaware/CNN
7:30 p.m. Arkansas Senate - AETN-TV (tape-delayed)

Oct. 14
Nevada Senate - Nevada Broadcaster's Association, Washington Senate - Spokane
Kentucky Senate - Paducah Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Senate - KCPT-TV, Colorado Governor - Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry/Denver, Georgia Governor - Georgia National Fairgrounds/Perry, Hawaii Governor - PBS Island Insights, Illinois Governor - Southern Illinois University
7 p.m. Rhode Island Governor - Brown University

Oct. 15
Florida Senate - WTVT-TV/Tampa, Missouri Senate - Missouri Press Association, Wisconsin Governor - WISN-TV, Minnesota Governor - Minnesota Broadcasters Association/WCCO-TV
12 noon Massachusetts Governor - Boston Herald/Fox affiliate/Emerson College/Boston

Oct. 16
7 p.m. Pennsylvania Governor - Pittsburgh

Oct. 17
Kentucky Senate - WHAS-TV/University of Louisville
11 a.m. Colorado Senate - Meet the Press
6 p.m. Massachusetts Governor - Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
8 p.m. New Mexico Governor - ABC affiliate

Oct. 18
West Virginia Senate - PBS/Morgantown, New Hampshire Senate - AARP/Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Maine Governor - WMTW-TV/Portland
7 p.m. Pennsylvania Governor -- Philadelphia

Oct. 19
Florida Senate - Leadership Florida/Ft. Lauderdale, llinois Senate - WLS-AM/League of Women Voters, Alabama Governor - Auburn, Texas Governor - Newspapers
Vermont Governor - WPTZ-TV/Burlington, Maine Governor - Consumers for Affordable Health Care/Brunswick, Oklahoma Governor - University of Central Oklahoma
8 a.m. Rhode Island Governor - Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
4 p.m. Connecticut Governor - WNPR-FM/CPTV-TV/Fairfield University
8 p.m. Delaware Senate - WDEL-AM/Wydner University

Oct. 20
Maine Governor - Channel 6/Chamber of Commerce/Portland, Florida Governor - LeadershQip Florida/Florida Press Association, Illinois Governor - WLS-TV
7 p.m. Pennsylvania Senate - WPVI-TV/League of Women Voters/Philadelphia

Oct. 21
North Carolina Senate - UNC-TV/North Carolina Broadcasters Association, Maine Governor - Natural Resources Council of Maine/Portland
1 p.m. Iowa Governor - Iowa Public Television/Des Moines Register
8 p.m. New Mexico Governor - NBC affiliate
8 p.m. Massachusetts Governor - WWLP-TV/Springfield

Oct. 22
Pennsylvania Senate - KDKA-TV/Pittsburgh, Indiana Senate - Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Colorado Governor - KDVR-TV/Denver, Maine Governor - Maine Superintendents Association/Augusta, Hawaii Governor - KITV-TV, Minnesota Governor - Rochester Chamber of Commerce/Rochester Post-Bulletin
7:30 p.m. Wisconsin Senate - Marquette Law School/WisPolitics/Milwaukee

Oct. 23
Colorado Senate - CBS4/Denver, Vermont Governor - WCAX-TV/South Burlington

Oct. 24
Florida Senate - CNN/St. Petersburg Times/Tampa, Minnesota Governor - KSTP-TV/League of Women Voters/St. Paul

Oct. 25
Kentucky Senate - Kentucky Education Television, Indiana Senate - Vincennes University, Florida Governor - St. Petersburg Times/CNN

Oct. 26
Florida Senate - NBC News/WESH-TV/Orlando, Alabama Governor - Huntsville, Nevada Governor - Elko, Minnesota Governor -- Mankato
6 p.m. Rhode Island Governor
7 p.m. Connecticut Governor - NBC30

Oct. 27
6 p.m. Rhode Island Governor - League of Women Voters/Bryant University
Illinois Senate - WTTW-TV/Chicago City Club, Georgia Governor - NBC affiliate, Maine Governor - Coalition for Excellence in Education/Bangor, New Hampshire Governor - WMUR-TV/New Hampshire Union Leader

Oct. 28
Louisiana Senate - WWL-TV/New Orleans, New Hampshire Senate - WMUR-TV/New Hampshire Union Leader, Maine Governor - Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Oklahoma Governor - Tulsa Metro Chamber/Oklahoma State University-Tulsa

Oct. 29
Colorado Governor - KCNC-TV/Denver, Wisconsin Governor - We the People, Minnesota Governor - TPT-TV Almanac
7:30 p.m. Rhode Island Governor - Channel 10/Providence

Oct. 30
Georgia Governor - WSB-TV, Georgia Governor - Fox 5, Maine Governor - WGME-TV

Oct. 31
Georgia Governor - Georgia Public Television, Minnesota Governor - Minnesota Public Radio/St. Paul