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The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
If either major party nominee chooses not to attend a general election debate, it would be the second consecutive time its happened, the first being the 2020 debates, when President Trump refused to attend the second debate with Biden because it would have been virtual rather than in person following Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis. [13]
The 2016 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2016 presidential election.. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized four debates among the major party candidates, sponsored three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.
Texas political observers echoed what the nation saw in Thursday’s presidential debate: alarm about President Joe Biden’s halting performance and questions about what happens going forward.
Texas State University pledged $5 million to host the debate. The new agreed upon debates will not be hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and his November opponent, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, will debate live on TV next month. The debate between Cruz, a Republican who has represented Texas in the Senate since 2013 ...
The Michigan Democratic Party claimed the organization had no tickets to distribute leading up to the debate for the general public, party volunteers & major party donors, however sent out open public emails with links to open invites for any person interested in attending a pre-debate reception and dinner on March 5, combined with debate ...
The second debate between Biden and Trump was scheduled to occur Sept. 10, hosted by ABC. Harris has agreed to that schedule. But details on the debate are still being worked out.