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Amid a sea of attack ads that may be their introduction to voters, both candidates for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District were mostly tame and on point during Wednesday’s debate at Coe College in Cedar Rapids.

Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, in the sole debate of his re-election campaign, ripped Democratic challenger Nels Mitchell as a clone of President Obama and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and suggested he’d actually represent California

District 27 congressional candidates Tom Brinkman and Joe Otis participated in a debate Tuesday night hosted by the League of Women Voters.

Republican Nathan Deal accused Democrat Jason Carter of being inexperienced and unproven, while Carter zoned in on ethics complaints against the incumbent and Georgia's uneven economic recovery Tuesday, as the candidates sharpened their messages during their first head-to-head debate.

From the moment the debate began before a crowd of a few thousand gathered inside an arena at the Georgia National State Fair, the candidates were on the attack and seeking to undercut each other's message of bringing change to Washington.

The League of Women Voters says it's canceling a proposed U.S. Senate debate because it didn't get a positive response from Republican Terri Lynn Land's campaign.

In polite but spirited debate, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and former police chief Anthany Beatty squared off Sunday evening over crime, Rupp Arena, and numerous other issues that divide the two men running to be the city's next mayor.

Appel and Young are squaring off to decide the successor to U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Clive, a 10-term lawmaker who isn't seeking re-election. National political experts have rated the race as a toss-up, and both sides have cited polling indicating it's a tight contest.

But unlike other debates incumbent David Valadao, R-Hanford, and Sanger Democrat Amanda Renteria have participated in, this one was conducted entirely in Spanish. It was geared toward Latino voters and focused on topics including immigration, water, agriculture and the economy.

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican gubernatorial challenger Bob Beauprez traded jabs Thursday on topics ranging from the death penalty to the state's economy during their third debate before November's election.

En el último debate televisivo antes de las elecciones presidenciales del domingo, el candidato de centro Aécio Neves dijo que Brasil no puede ser un lugar donde se imponga el "todo vale", mientras que la ecologista Marina Silva sostuvo que el país no es la "isla de la fantasía" exhibida en la

Brazil's top presidential candidates aggressively attacked one another Thursday in the final debate ahead of this weekend's election, as new polls showed President Dilma Rousseff solidifying her lead in the race.