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Universities in Denver, New York, and Florida will host three 2012 presidential debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday.

The commission announced three presidential and one vice presidential debate. 

The University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, will host three presidential debates, the commission announced. All three debates are set for October, 2012. The Denver debate will be October 3, the Hofstra event will be October 16, and the Lynn debate will be October 22.

The vice presidential debate will be held at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky on October 11.

The commission also announced that Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri will serve as a backup debate site. Washington Unviersity was the location for one of the 2008 presidential debates between then Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) and former Alaska Gov. Sa! rah Palin (R).

The committee said that formats and moderators for the debates will be announced in 2012.

“The President looks forward to next year’s debates," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement. "Once the Republicans have selected their candidate, we will work through the details with their campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates.”

â€"This story was updated at 3:12 p.m.