LEWISTON — Bates College Democrats will host a debate with the four Democratic candidates for Olympia Snowe’s U.S. Senate seat at 5 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the Muskie Archives on campus.

The candidates are Jon Hinck of Portland, state Sen. Cynthia Dill, Benjamin Pollard of Portland and former Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap.

Questions from the audience will be accepted. The event is free and open to the public.