Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama (AP)
It will take place Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. on the UT Campus. The Texans for Obama Web site says the debate will be at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
"The fact that both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have agreed top come here Texas and spend a significant amount of time in Texas goes to show how important Texas will be for these campaigns," Texas Democratic Party Spokesperson Hector Nieto said.
Democratic leaders say this debate could urge Texans to go to the polls.
"Over the past couple of weeks we've been doing a massive voter registration drive. We've got 2000 voters registered in two days and so that's really going to bring a lot of people out. And having a debate here is really going to drive that number up even more," Andy Jones with University of Texas Democrats said.
CNN will broadcast the debate. The Univision Network will air the debate in Spanish at 10:30 p.m.
Univision and CNN each will each provide a journalist to pose questions in the debate. CNN will provide the moderator.
Organizers are still working out how tickets will be distributed to the public.
Obama announced his Texas campaign headquarters would be in Austin. They will be located on 816 Congress Ave., just south of the Capitol. There is no word where Clinton's headquarters will be located yet.
The debate is just 12 days before the March 4 Texas primary. Early voting begins next Monday, Feb. 19, and ends Feb. 28.
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