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Their first face-to-face showdown featured disagreements on everything from guns and taxes to Donald Trump.

Democrat Richard Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine debated for one hour at the University of Dayton, exchanging barbs — about each others records as state attorney general — and ideas — about drugs, the opioid crisis and state support for Ohio’s urban core.

Spare us the finger-pointing about how it’s the other candidate’s fault. It takes two to tango or debate, and it appears neither side will appear on the dance floor at Wayne State College next week.

Typically, candidates trailing in the polls have more to gain by sparring with the leading candidate than the other way around, just as challengers need the exposure more than incumbents.

A perennial candidate for mayor of Key West took a phone call from God during a recent debate.

The candidates for California governor are debating — about how many times to debate.

IBM hosted two debate club-style discussions between two humans and an AI called “Project Debater.” The goal was for the AI to engage in a series of reasoned arguments according to some pretty standard rules of debate: no awareness of the debate topic ahead of time, no pre-canned responses. Each

The two primary debates between Rep. Dan Donovan and former Rep. Michael Grimm this week were as different as the public personas of the two men. At their first debate on WABC-AM on Monday, the tone was aggressive, as the candidates accused each other of telling falsehoods and lobbed rhetorical

Mississippi voters will not see a debate between two candidates before the Republican primary runoff in a congressional race

Instead of having a debate with a limited number of candidates running for governor, there won't be any debate at all.