THOUSAND OAKS, CA - The two candidates vying to represent Ventura County in the California Assembly will debate on Saturday, Oct. 11, at California Lutheran University.

The event presented by the Acorn Newspapers and Cal Lutheran will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Gilbert Arena on the Thousand Oaks campus. It is free and open to the public.

Thousand Oaks Councilwoman Jacqui Irwin, a Democrat, and Thousand Oaks pastor Rob McCoy, a Republican, are running for the 44th Assembly District seat in the Nov. 4 election. The district includes most of Ventura County including Camarillo, Oxnard, Moorpark, Port Hueneme, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village and parts of Simi Valley.

Cal Lutheran political science professor Herb Gooch and Thousand Oaks Acorn Editor Kyle Jorrey will ask their own questions and solicit additional questions from the audience.

The event will be streamed live at ustream.tv/channel/cal-lutheran.

The arena is located in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center at 130 Overton Court.

For more information, contact Gooch at gooch@callutheran.edu or 805-493-3348.