Candidates in the Summit County Executive race have agreed to an October debate.

Republican Bill Roemer and Democrat Illene Shapiro will take part in the Akron Press Club debate on October 19th at Quaker Station.

Shapiro and Roemer will get 90 seconds to answer each question from the panel, and the other candidate will get 45 seconds of rebuttal to each question.

Roemer is a former County Council member. Shapiro was council president until being appointed executive after the death of Russ Pry.