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A Menomonie school board candidate public forum will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Menomonie United Methodist Church, 2703 Bongey Drive.

The three major Democratic campaigns for governor of Maryland have reached agreement on the framework for a series of debates in advance of the June 24 primary, they jointly announced Monday.

La Sala Constitucional declaró con lugar el recurso de amparo interpuesto por una mujer de apellidos González Chacón, en contra de Televisora de Costa Rica (Teletica) por no facilitar intérpretes de Lenguaje de Señas Costarricense (Lesco), durante el debate presidencial presentado el 19 de enero

A consortium of English media outlets is asking Quebec party leaders to participate in an English leaders' debate, as the province gears up for a pending spring election.

There are seven men vying for the position of Winnebago County Sheriff. They all want to fill current Sheriff Richard Meyers' seat when he retires after 17 years on the job, but they have different plans for what they want to see happen first if they are elected to the position.

Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard said on Friday the Parti Québécois government’s refusal to agree to more than one debate in the coming election campaign is “totally unacceptable.”

Election debates should help people in deciding how to vote without necessarily "changing minds", the head of the organisation which organises US presidential debates has told peers. Janet Brown [ CPD] said debates must have "educational value" as well as being a major television news event.

Nick Clegg risks being shut out of TV debates ahead of the 2015 general election under Labour plans for a head-to-head battle between the only two men who can be Prime Minister. Labour said it wanted to see straight fight between David Cameron and Ed Miliband, in an apparent shift from previous

The Green Party has lobbied the television networks to take part in prime-time televised leaders' debates during the election campaign alongside Labour's David Cunliffe and Prime Minister John Key rather than being lumped in with the minor parties.

Western Australia's only leaders' debate ahead of the March 9 election was so unsurprising that the most controversial aspect was why Premier Colin Barnett did not look down the barrel of the camera. The Premier caused a Twitter frenzy on Tuesday night with many wondering why he was avoiding looking

With less than two months to go until the Afghan presidential election, the country is gripped by an unprecedented level of election coverage from Afghanistan’s own media. At the heart of this will be the first election in Afghanistan, where all of the key candidates take part in live debates.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill and Opposition Leader Steven Marshall will tonight go head-to-head in the first televised debate of the election campaign.