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There were only two candidates facing the cameras at the St. Catharines provincial riding debate hosted by local YourTV Thursday.

All but two of the Republicans running for governor met in their first debate in Livingston County on Thursday evening.

Republicans running for Michigan governor met in their first debate Thursday night, all staunchly opposing abortion before the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is potentially overturned while disagreeing on exceptions and whether former President Donald Trump won the state’s 2020 election.

Utah Republican Party Chair Carson Jorgensen says they’re at loggerheads with the Utah Debate Commission, so they’re planning to sponsor their own primary debates for Republican candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress.

Of the three leaders' debates in this campaign, Anthony Albanese performed best in Wednesday night's less shouty, more civilised encounter.

A GOP Senate challenger says the Utah Republican Party asking candidates to hold off on committing to Utah Debate Commission debates next month might be a ploy to shield incumbent Sen. Mike Lee from the stage.

RMIT ABC Fact Check has rounded up some of the key claims where the leaders got their facts straight, and where they missed the mark.

However much anyone enjoys or feels squeamish about intra-party conflict, it's still the substance of the fight that matters more than the spectacle.

Federico Gutiérrez, Sergio Fajardo y Rodolfo Hernández firmaron ayer martes, en el marco del debate presidencial organizado por la Asociación Nacional de Industriales (ANDI), un pacto “por una campaña política pacífica, incluyente y sin discriminación”.

Conservative leadership candidates took the stage Wednesday in Edmonton for what turned into an unorthodox, wide-ranging debate that featured discussions about the war in Ukraine, abortion and supply management — with detours on the topics of binge-worthy TV shows and the candidates' current reading

The Utah Republican Party wants a say in choosing topics and the moderators for next month’s GOP primary election debates for Congress.