The Oct. 15 debate will mark the first time the nominees will face each other onstage before the November election.

The hour-long televised debate is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will air on KHOU in Houston and KENS5 in San Antonio.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his November opponent, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, will debate live on TV next month. The debate between Cruz, a Republican who has represented Texas in the Senate since 2013, and Allred, a Democrat who represents the Dallas-area in Congress, is this first between the candidates this election cycle.

Scheduled three weeks before Election Day, the debate will be a crucial opportunity for both candidates to sway undecided voters.

Ted Cruz speaking in Washington, D.C., in July, and Colin Allred at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. A new poll shows that Cruz is losing to Allred in the