KERA hosted a U.S. Senate debate between the Democrats who finished first and second in the May primary. In The Texas Debates: Race for U.S. Senate, former state representative Paul Sadler and retired educator Grady Yarbrough squared off in a one-hour television debate that will be broadcast on KERA-TV Channel 13 at 7:00 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, June 27, with an encore broadcast at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 1. The program, sponsored by AARP, will also air on KERA 90.1 FM at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 1. The debate will be broadcast on television and radio stations in other Texas markets at various times (check local listings.) The program is currently available for online viewing at texasdebates.org.

Images from the June 26, 2012, debate are courtesy of David Woo, The Dallas Morning News: