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The candidates for California governor are debating — about how many times to debate.

IBM hosted two debate club-style discussions between two humans and an AI called “Project Debater.” The goal was for the AI to engage in a series of reasoned arguments according to some pretty standard rules of debate: no awareness of the debate topic ahead of time, no pre-canned responses. Each

The two primary debates between Rep. Dan Donovan and former Rep. Michael Grimm this week were as different as the public personas of the two men. At their first debate on WABC-AM on Monday, the tone was aggressive, as the candidates accused each other of telling falsehoods and lobbed rhetorical

Mississippi voters will not see a debate between two candidates before the Republican primary runoff in a congressional race

Instead of having a debate with a limited number of candidates running for governor, there won't be any debate at all.

Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, will lead a discussion Tuesday, April 10, at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics about the merits of holding the high-stakes political confrontation.

All nine candidates for the 13th District in the U.S. House of Representatives came together Tuesday morning for a forum organized by residents of the Menno Haven retirement community.

During the March 2016 presidential debates, the former Davao City Mayor vowed to oppose any divorce law “for the sake of the children.”

Paul Roselli brought campaign lapel rosettes and expertise on power plants to the first debate of the 2018 governor’s race, held in Warwick last week.

The candidates running for Wisconsin’s highest court participated in a final debate on Friday.

Two of the main contenders for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination met Saturday for the first debate of the June 12 primary, drawing contrasts between each other before the Virginia Tea Party in Richmond.

A debate held Wednesday night among the Democratic contenders for the 23rd District congressional seat featured a lot of promises to hold to key Democratic principles -- but not a lot of contention.