With control of Congress at stake, C-SPAN, the political network of record, today announces the major elements of its Campaign 2010 general election coverage.  

C-SPAN’s Campaign 2010 programming will feature candidate and campaign events, forums, interviews of local political observers -- plus numerous simulcasts of debates from America’s most competitive and high-profile congressional and governor races.

C-SPAN Campaign 2010 Coverage Details

• Entire Debates:  Partnering with local TV stations, C-SPAN typically airs over 100 candidate debates in their entirety each election cycle.  C-SPAN will air debates every weeknight (M-F) in October starting at 8 pm ET, and will re-air major debates on Sundays starting at noon ET.
• C-SPAN in the districts and states - New to our campaign coverage, C-SPAN’s two local content vehicles (LCV’s) are travelling the country this election cycle.  C-SPAN’s LCV’s are mobile production platforms reporting on the country’s top U.S. House races from those districts, producing streamlined Campaign 2010 content unique to C-SPAN.  Meantime, the C-SPAN Digital Bus is visiting states with high-profile Senate and governor races.  Journalists in these states are appearing on C-SPAN programs from the Digital Bus via Skype.  More information on the LCV’s and Digital Bus here: http://www.c-span.org/Bus/community.
• Searchable Video: Also new to C-SPAN for Campaign 2010 is the online C-SPAN Video Library, containing over 160,000 hours of searchable archived C-SPAN programming going back nearly a quarter-century.  A free service with no registration, the C-SPAN Video Library takes politics and video to the next level, allowing anyone to find unique political moments.  The C-SPAN Video Library can be used to research past candidate statements as well as view current campaign events in their entirety.  The C-SPAN Video Library allows you to find it, clip it, and share it.
• Online coverage – C-SPAN will provide more election information through our special new website devoted to Campaign 2010, www.c-span.org/politics.  This site complements and augments what you see on TV with additional information and video from the top races, and with results on Election Day.
• Campaign Video: From the key races, C-SPAN will show the candidates’ latest YouTube videos and TV ads.
• Long-form event coverage – C-SPAN will follow candidates on the campaign trail as they deliver speeches, attend rallies and speak at press conferences and on Election Night.
• Local Experts – Viewers will get insight into the competitive races from local political observers during C-SPAN’s daily live morning call-in program “Washington Journal” and throughout the day on the C-SPAN Networks.
• Social media – Social media users can follow C-SPAN’s political coverage, get schedule updates, share video and news with others, and join the conversation via C-SPAN’s social media platforms (twitter.com/cspan; facebook.com/cspan; youtube.com/cspan; and foursquare.com/cspan). 

Craig Caplan is overseeing the network’s Campaign 2010 coverage.  He has worked at C-SPAN since 1996 covering Congress and also has served as a producer and later executive producer of “Washington Journal.”

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