Centre College knows a few things about hosting political debates, having performed twice before national audiences.
The Danville school now is offering to host an exchange between U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and his Democratic challenger Allison Lundergan Grimes before the November election.
Centre hosted the 2000 and 2012 vice presidential debates.
"We're excited at Centre that the most important election in the nation is taking place in Kentucky this fall," Dr. Richard Trollinger, Vice President of College Relation, told WKU Public Radio. "We think, in a sense, it would be an opportunity missed if we didn't offer to make our team and facilities available to the candidates to take their message to the people of the commonwealth and beyond."
The proposed debate would take place September 3 from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. before a live audience on campus. Centre has also secured a network of TV and radio stations to broadcast the debate to a statewide audience.
Both candidates have received multiple invitations, but so far the two sides have not reached any debate agreements. Centre has requested a response from the campaigns by August first.
