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A debate every week would do a lot to block out the sun on other coverage, and keep the media conversation focused on the direct comparison between the two candidates and their relative fitness for office.

Jon Stewart fans hoping the former "Daily Show" host will be moderating one of the upcoming presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton might not want to hold their breaths.

Leading opposition contender in next month’s general elections Hakainde Hichilema has challenged President Hakainde Hichilema to a live television debate before voting day.

No third-party contender in the modern era has ever improved on his or her summertime polling numbers, going all the way back to Strom Thurmond’s Dixiecrat run in 1948.

Tempers flared at Port Elizabeth’s Nangoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton as representatives debated job creation, economic development and crime.

His long shot Democratic opponent, Jay Williams, has again challenged U.S. Senator John Thune to a series of debates before the November election.

Harrington wants debates staged in each of the district's nine municipalities. Lesser is open to debates, but said Harrington's proposal is premature because the Legislature is still in session, and also because the two party nominees have not officially been determined yet.

The race for Cobb County chairman got personal on Wednesday during a debate hosted by the Atlanta Press Club - that only one candidate attended.

¿Por qué, si para los ciudadanos es obligatorio votar, para los candidatos no debería ser una obligación informarnos sobre sus proyectos y sus programas?

En el marco de la elección del próximo secretario general de las Naciones Unidas, los principales candidatos a suceder en el cargo a Ban Ki-moon participaron este martes en un debate en el Salón de la Asamblea General del organismo internacional.

"This is like the Super Bowl of politics," said Bob Fisher, president of Belmont University in Nashville, which hosted one of the 2008 presidential debates at a cost of about $3 million. "I think everybody saw the wisdom of investing in something like this."

“But the only chance of winning is to actually be in the presidential debates and to be in the presidential debates you’ve got to be in the polls,” he added.