Tickets sold out for Oct. 8 Indiana Senate debate

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Debate Commission says all of the free tickets are taken for the first debate featuring Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly and Republican former state Rep. Mike Braun.

More than 400 tickets were made available for the Oct. 8 event, which will be held on the campus of Purdue University Northwest, in the northern Indiana city of Westville.

The debate will be held at 7 p.m. EDT, or 6 p.m. local time in much of northwest Indiana.

It is the first of two onstage meetings between Donnelly and Braun. Libertarian Lucy Brenton will also be part of the debate.

The second debate will Oct. 30 in Indianapolis. Tickets for that event also are no longer available.