Welcome. Lawmakers program. Youre watching the, debate series. This is the general election to be candidates running for u. S. Senate. The seat currently held by purdue. In order to ensure everyones safety, the candidates and pilots are participating from their homes. The Atlanta Press club gives a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for helping to support and organize the online debate. Lets meet the candidates. They are now funk medical order, the rotarian shane hazel the marine corps veteran and cohost and producer of the rebellion podcast which analyzes politics from a local to global level. Democrat john and served as ceo and inside dwi, Media Production company that investigates corruption, organized crimes and war crimes for International News organization. Republican david purdue has served in the u. S. Senate since 2015 before be an elected to the senate he sat on the board of five major corporations and cofounded. Partners, a Global Trading company. Now lets meet