{"id":409520,"date":"2026-09-24T18:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409520\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:56:13","slug":"famu-confirms-next-weeks-gubernatorial-debate-is-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/409520\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMU confirms next week&#8217;s gubernatorial debate is off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Florida A&amp;M University said it is disappointed that students will not get the chance to hear from Florida\u2019s candidates for governor in a televised debate on the Tallahassee campus this election season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.famu.edu\/2026\/famu-update-on-engagement-with-gubernatorial-candidates.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In a statement<\/a>, the university said student interest in hearing directly from the candidates \u201cremains strong.\u201d FAMU said its Student Government Association has invited all candidates for governor to engage with students ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, with each candidate offered \u201can equal opportunity to share their platform, priorities and vision for our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FAMU said its students \u201crepresent a pivotal part of Florida\u2019s future,\u201d describing the university as an 1890 land-grant institution \u201cbuilt on a covenant to fuel Florida\u2019s workforce pipeline.\u201d The university said it expects to be \u201ca critical partner in the next Governor\u2019s success\u201d and looks forward to welcoming candidates who accept the invitation, giving students \u201ca direct voice in this important civic dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"FAMU Announcement\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9fa24e5f-66c2-4d90-ab8e-6d2c11e4819d-Screenshot20260924120759.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; Florida A&amp;M University said it is disappointed that students will not get the chance to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-409520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}