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Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis hit a pair of important fund-raising milestones, as her campaign reported that it has raised enough money to qualify for the first general election debate against Mayor Bill de Blasio, and that it has also taken in enough qualifying contributions to

The two major party candidates in Virginia’s closely watched race for governor argued in mostly cordial tones over taxes, President Trump and what Virginia should do with its numerous monuments to the Confederacy.

Alabama Sen. Luther Strange and challenger Roy Moore on Thursday night traded jabs in a contentious debate, as they sought to sway voters ahead of the state's closely watched U.S. Senate primary runoff.

Woodfin and Bell participated in the fiery debate nearly two weeks ahead of the Oct. 3 runoff election. In the hour-long debate, candidates fielded questions from reporters and from each other

After concerns that the first poll deviated from the “prescribed approach,” the Utah Debate Commission ran a second survey — and with this one the new United Utah Party’s Jim Bennett has narrowly qualified to spar against the Republican and Democratic candidates looking to replace former Utah Rep

Thursday's debate will be a far-more-reasonable one hour, total, with Strange and Moore speaking in alternating five-minute blocks.

Longtime Virginia Del. Robert G. Marshall is refusing to participate in debates or candidate forums in his hotly contested race against Democrat Danica Roem, citing what he calls a divisive political climate in Prince William County.

The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission has found Councilmember M. Lorena González did not participate in enough debates during this year’s primary election season to satisfy the requirements for the new Democracy Voucher program.

Two of the three candidates for governor in the Nov. 7 election will face off in a debate being broadcast across Virginia.

The Utah Debate Commission will sponsor a second poll to determine whether any third-party hopefuls can join the Republican and Democratic candidates in a 3rd Congressional District debate, citing concerns with the first poll that it had announced would result in a two-person showdown.

So the debates are seen as a highlight of the campaign, allowing the voting public to see our potential prime ministers up close and unedited, rather than cut down to five-second sound bites (that's what the average is now) or even shorter and more meaningless snippets.

Since Hillary Clinton lost her second bid for the presidency in November, she's had ample time to reflect on the decisions she made during the campaign and wondering what, if anything, she could have done to keep the presidency from slipping out of her grasp.