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The televised candidates’ debate between the two rounds of the French presidential election has been a political tradition for nearly 50 years and is seen as having swung the result on several occasions, particularly in close-run races.

The three GOP candidates for Idaho attorney general faced off in a spirited debate on statewide television, with incumbent Lawrence Wasden and challengers Raul Labrador and Art Macomber offering differing views of the role of the state’s chief legal officer.

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will go head to head in a live TV debate on Wednesday night that could prove crucial in making up the minds of undecided voters four days before the French presidential runoff.

The first leaders’ debate of the 2022 federal election campaign included no shortage of claims deserving scrutiny. Here’s what we found.

Australia’s prime minister and his opposition rival clashed heatedly over the country’s tumultuous relationship with China on Wednesday in the first leaders’ debate ahead of elections on May 21.

Emmanuel Macron s'est montré pugnace mercredi soir face à une Marine Le Pen tenace, lors d'un débat télévisé dense et acerbe, mais courtois dans l'ensemble, où les deux candidats à la présidentielle ont échangé sur la Russie, l'économie, les prix de l'énergie ou encore l'Europe et le climat, à

Les tractations se poursuivent ainsi sur des points de détails, pour la plupart des gens, mais de véritables points d'achoppement pour les deux camps.

Five Republicans — State Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale, political consultant Charlie Gerow, former U.S. Rep. Melissa Hart, and cardiothoracic surgeon Nche Zama — will participate in the debate Tuesday evening at Gettysburg College.

Gov. Brad Little, who is seeking a second term; state Rep. Priscilla Giddings, who is seeking higher office as lieutenant governor; and Congressman Mike Simpson, who is seeking his 13th term in the U.S. House, let Idaho voters down by announcing they would not publicly debate their opponents in the

Tradition républicaine respectée lors de toutes les élections présidentielles depuis 1974 à l'exception de 2002, le débat entre les deux candidats sortis en tête au premier tour a souvent été crucial. Retour sur les moments les plus marquants.

Budd, the Republican frontrunner in the race to fill retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s seat, is testing a tactic that circumvents one of the traditional ways voters get to know candidates. By avoiding debates, the congressman has made a strategic bet that campaign events and millions of dollars in

Una periodista vetada en el debate presidencial, reporteros censurados en las conferencias de prensa: La elección del nuevo presidente de Francia muestra las malas relaciones entre el poder político y la prensa, con un cruce de acusaciones que aumenta la crispación de la campaña.