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The race for Cobb County chairman got personal on Wednesday during a debate hosted by the Atlanta Press Club - that only one candidate attended.

"This is like the Super Bowl of politics," said Bob Fisher, president of Belmont University in Nashville, which hosted one of the 2008 presidential debates at a cost of about $3 million. "I think everybody saw the wisdom of investing in something like this."

“But the only chance of winning is to actually be in the presidential debates and to be in the presidential debates you’ve got to be in the polls,” he added.

Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Rod Blum challenged Democratic opponent Monica Vernon to a series of 10 debates across the 1st District starting in August.

Claiming that Fox News “plainly failed in its responsibilities to the candidates and ultimately the American public in the design and implementation of the August 6th debate,” Everson asked that the FEC intervene against Fox News and rule that he should be included in the debate.

NBC’s Chuck Todd appears at a forum in Seattle and blames the likes of his own employer for the silliness of this year’s presidential debates

Albia Democrat Patty Judge is challenging six-term Republican Charles Grassley to four, live televised debates heading up to November general election in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.

With just 90 days left until the first presidential debate hits the Wright State University Nutter Center — university and neighboring community officials are working hand-in-hand to make the event a success.

Donald Trump "will have a lot of things mastered" by the time the first debate rolls around on Sept. 26, the presumptive Republican nominee assured conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday.

NBC's Lester Holt talks to Donald Trump about Hillary Clinton, Benghazi, debates, Bernie Sanders supporters and more.

Gary Thompson, a Common Core foe running for state school board, sat out a Wednesday evening debate in Draper to protest its format.

A Seattle-based civic initiative has picked Pasco has one of five sites for a debate for either the U.S. Senate or the governor’s race. The actual dates for the debates and what races they will cover will be determined later this summer, said the Washington State Debate Coalition.