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A time-honored staple of political campaigns, the traditional candidate debate, appears to be on life support.

Five Republican candidates for U.S. Senate said the 2020 presidential election was stolen and a sixth said there was fraud when asked during a debate in Greene County on Monday night.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is bent on imposing additional penalties, based on what is provided under the law, to those who fail to attend its presidential and vice presidential debates.

Expect changes in the next presidential debate that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) organized for Sunday, April 3, Commissioner George Erwin Garcia said Tuesday.

En el primer debate presidencial organizado por la Universidad de Colombia, los candidatos participantes Íngrid Betancourt del partido Verde Oxígeno; Enrique Gómez del Movimiento de Salvación Nacional; Gustavo Petro del Pacto Histórico; Luis Pérez del movimiento Piensa en Grande y John Milton

Following a successful National Assembly debates in 2017 and the recently concluded 2021 presidential debates, the Commission on Political Debates (CPD) with funding from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has started conducting debates for candidates contesting for seats in the National

The Ohio Debate Commission is hosting a few debates this week, two of which come Monday for the candidates aiming to replace the seat of Sen. Rob Portman who announced he will retire.

El próximo miércoles 30 de marzo, a las 12:00 m, llega el debate de los “Vice”, de la Gran Alianza Digital de SEMANA y El Tiempo.

Our presidential debates (and worse, the vice-presidential), if their formats are not drastically changed, are just a sheer waste of time.

Recently, U.S. Sen. James Lankford declined a debate, saying he didn’t want to give his opponent free air time.

Last week, four Republican candidates for governor met in a Lincoln television studio to discuss issues affecting Nebraska’s present and future.

The Student Government Association held its first in-person presidential debate since 2019 on Thursday night March 24.