Sacramento - All four candidates for State Senate District 1 will appear tonight in a debate at William Jessup University in Rocklin.

Republicans Barbara Alby, Ted Gaines and Roger Niello and Democrat Ken Cooley will field questions from students, faculty, media and community members.

All four candidates have been campaigning for a relatively short period of time to fill the seat left empty by the late Senator Dave Cox, who passed away in July. The upcoming Election Day on November 2 is a primary for the seat, with the actual election to take place in January.

State Senate District 1 is a geographically diverse, mostly rural district which includes all or portions of Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Plumas Sierra, Nevada, Placer and Sacramento counties.

The candidates forum is hosted by William Jessup's public policy department and the Roseville Chamber of Commerce. It is scheduled to begin at 6 pm tonight (Monday, October 25) in the Lecture Hall at the university, located at 333 Sunset Blvd.

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