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Fourth Congressional District incumbent Republican Burgess Owens will not participate in any debates ahead of next month’s primary election.

Crist should reconsider and debate his rivals at least twice, or perhaps three times, for several reasons.

Sen. Mike Lee and Reps. Chris Stewart and John Curtis will participate in a trio of debates sponsored by the Utah Republican Party, shunning the debates sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission.

State Sen. Don Coram tried to paint himself as a moderate, experienced alternative to incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert during the first debate between the candidates ahead of the Republican primary elections.

A once-promising slate of five GOP debates for the U.S. Senate and House has fallen by the wayside, with most incumbents opting out of the televised events sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission.

Voters will be able to size up the three GOP hopefuls for the 1st District U.S. House seat side by side.

Three of the state’s Republican primary candidates for governor tried to show just how conservative they were on hot-button topics such as sanctuary cities, January 6 and school curriculums Tuesday evening in the first of two competing televised debates in Chicago.

In one of the year’s most closely watched congressional Republican primaries, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace met two GOP challengers on the debate stage who are seeking to oust her from South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, one of whom immediately endorsed the other, before walking off stage.

Colorado’s two Republican candidates for U.S. Senate — businessman Joe O’Dea and state Rep. Ron Hanks — faced off in their first debate on Saturday, with five weeks to go to the June 28th primary.

Democracy demands informed choices, and those are facilitated best when voters get to hear candidates answer unscripted questions in debates sponsored by independent, nonpartisan groups.

Officials with the Tennessee Democratic Party say they will host three gubernatorial debates ahead of the upcoming August primary election.

... when Alabama voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will do so without seeing any televised statewide debates...