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The League of Women Voters says it's canceling a proposed U.S. Senate debate because it didn't get a positive response from Republican Terri Lynn Land's campaign.

In polite but spirited debate, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and former police chief Anthany Beatty squared off Sunday evening over crime, Rupp Arena, and numerous other issues that divide the two men running to be the city's next mayor.

Appel and Young are squaring off to decide the successor to U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Clive, a 10-term lawmaker who isn't seeking re-election. National political experts have rated the race as a toss-up, and both sides have cited polling indicating it's a tight contest.

But unlike other debates incumbent David Valadao, R-Hanford, and Sanger Democrat Amanda Renteria have participated in, this one was conducted entirely in Spanish. It was geared toward Latino voters and focused on topics including immigration, water, agriculture and the economy.

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican gubernatorial challenger Bob Beauprez traded jabs Thursday on topics ranging from the death penalty to the state's economy during their third debate before November's election.

En el último debate televisivo antes de las elecciones presidenciales del domingo, el candidato de centro Aécio Neves dijo que Brasil no puede ser un lugar donde se imponga el "todo vale", mientras que la ecologista Marina Silva sostuvo que el país no es la "isla de la fantasía" exhibida en la

Brazil's top presidential candidates aggressively attacked one another Thursday in the final debate ahead of this weekend's election, as new polls showed President Dilma Rousseff solidifying her lead in the race.

Por primera vez en su historia, la Argentina podría concretar un debate presidencial. Así lo propone ‘Argentina Debate’, que busca promover un debate presidencial sobre las prioridades del desarrollo en 2015. La iniciativa, que se lanzará oficialmente el 30 de octubre, busca replicar en la Argentina

The three candidates vying to lead Alberta's NDP spent their final debate on Thursday slamming the governing Tories and warning of an even worse future should the official opposition break through on the right.

Governor Tom Corbett and Democratic nominee Tom Wolf met today in their second debate of the general election. In contrast to their previous outing, this debate was much more combative. In fact, this might go down as the “feisty debate”.

Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and former police chief Anthany Beatty will square off Sunday in their first televised debate since advancing to the November general election. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/10/01/3457980_gray-beatty-to-square-off-in-televised.html?rh=1#storylink=c

Dos analistas políticos sostienen que los postulantes deberían confrontar ideas y no solo presentar propuestas.