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The first political debate before the 2008 Republican primaries was held on May 3, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Other debates have taken place in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida. They were generally broadcast by television networks.
The 8th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1803, to March 4, 1805, during the last two years of Thomas Jefferson 's first term in office .
January 24 – A Republican presidential debate is held at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. [162] Dennis Kucinich drops out of the Democratic race. [163] January 25–February 5 – The Hawaii Republican caucuses are won by John McCain. [164] January 26 – The South Carolina Democratic primary is won by Barack Obama. [165]
Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate of October 7, 1960. The two opponents continued their debate after the cameras had stopped.
The debate was "contentious," "spirited," and "good," in the words of attendees. But while the debate focused on policies and personal beliefs, the limelight was on the scuffle between Jacque and ...
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.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., a member of the Biden campaign’s national advisory board, told NBC News on Monday, “I support the president’s decision to stay and fight — the American people ...
After studying the election process in 1985, the bipartisan National Commission on Elections recommended "[t]urning over the sponsorship of presidential debates to the two major parties". [3] The CPD was established in 1987 by the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican Parties to "take control of the presidential debates". [3]