Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance will participate Nov. 1 in a Fox News town hall, but the two U.S. Senate candidates won’t be face to face.

Instead, one candidate will field questions from the moderators and a live audience of Ohio voters – consisting of Democrats and Republicans – in Columbus and then the other will do the same.

The one-hour event will begin at 6 p.m. and air on Fox News. It comes exactly a week before the Nov. 8 election, though early voting started two weeks ago.

The moderators are Bret Baier, the channel’s chief political anchor and host of Special Report, and Martha MacCallum, anchor and executive editor of The Story with Martha MacCallum.

Most polls show a statistical tie between the two candidates.

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