As a live broadcast, the 2026 gubernatorial debate at Bridges Auditorium requires specific camera shots and sightlines—and multiple installations of equipment with significant physical space needs—limiting the number of available seats.
We’ve made as many seats available for the Pomona community as possible. Pomona College students, faculty and staff who didn’t receive a ticket for the debate in Bridges can attend a watch party at Frary Dining Hall, which will be open for regular dining service the evening of the debate.
Debate at Bridges Auditorium
The ticketing application window for faculty, staff and students closed on April 8. For both Pomona students and employees, the number of applications exceeded our ticket allocation, so attendees were selected via random draw.
Those selected have been notified.
Frary Dining Hall Watch Party
Because seating is limited inside Bridges Auditorium, ASPC is offering parallel and additional programming inside Frary Dining Hall alongside Pomona’s student chapter of the League of Women Voters. The programming will begin with a live debate watch party, followed by a post-debate discussion. CBS News California will have a correspondent at Frary throughout the evening’s events.
Community members from across The Claremont Colleges are welcome to attend the watch party and subsequent discussion.
Other Ways to Watch
- The stream is available worldwide on the CBS website or on CBS' Youtube Channel starting at 5:00 p.m. PDT.
- Are you a Pomona alum? On Monday, April 27, the day before the event, the college will send all alumni an email with an unlisted link that will allow you to watch and engage with the debate together in a special, Sagehen-only experience. Please contact alumni@pomona.edu with any questions.
- Are you in the Bay Area? The College's Bay Area Regional Chapter will be hosting a watch party that you are welcome to join!