After watching the California gubernatorial debate, a veteran reporter said that "if the California governor's race were a ...

State Rep. Angie Nixon, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Florida, has a lot she’d like to ask GOP Sen. Ashley Moody about. For example, why did Moody vote to cut healthcare tax credits, ...

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held seven famous debates in 1858 while running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois. Each debate lasted three hours. The first widely seen face-to-face debates between ...

With the primary election over, California’s field is now nearly set. And as we turn toward the November midterms and consider the future of our democracy more broadly, one truth stands out: education ...

DALLAS — With less than a month before early voting begins, a U.S. Senate debate between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico now appears unlikely. The Paxton campaign had been ...

Debates matter. This is not because the candidate declared the winner by the media goes on to win the election: Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris were widely viewed as “winning” their debates with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- To debate or not to debate -- that is the question. While many voters may want to see a discussion ...

Every campaign season brings the same question: Do political debates actually matter? The honest answer is uneven and maybe unsatisfying — it depends. It’s worth acknowledging right at the top ...