Candy Crowley. Photo: wiki commons.

NY Daily News – Three New Jersey girls won a major campaign victory Monday as the first woman in 20 years was named to host a presidential debate.

The Montclair High School teens, who led a petition drive to lock in a woman moderator, were thrilled Monday when the Commission on Presidential Debates named CNN’s Candy Crowley to run the Oct. 16 square-off at Hofstra University.