It looks like there will be a real debate in the Rochester mayor’s race, after all.
The Chamber of Commerce has canceled a candidates forum it planned for next Thursday in favor of a pre-primary debate with the three Democratic candidates. Chamber CEO Bob Duffy offered to drop the chamber’s member Q&A session with mayoral candidates if the Democrats wanted to meet at that time for a real debate.
Channel 8 will air it, and Mayor Warren’s campaign has accepted, as have both Jim Sheppard and Rachel Barnhart.