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 ...

The word “parliament,” meaning “assembly,” originates from the French verb “parler” (to speak). The Latin term “parabola,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Debate Week in Michigan is back. There are — count ‘em — four debates in major political races this week across the state. During the first full week in July, three dizzying debates took place in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indivisible Missoula hosted a debate between U.S. Senate candidates Alani Bankhead, a Democrat, and independent Seth Bodnar.

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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Rep. Josh Riley, seen here speaking in Binghamton in 2022, is running against Republican state Sen. Peter Oberaker. Riley's ...