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Mitt Romney readied Monday to share a debate stage for the first time with six of the likely rivals who want to strip him of his perceived frontrunner mantle for the Republican...

Rep. Michele Bachmann plans to participate in a presidential debate in New Hampshire this month, a move that further signals the Minnesota Republican expects to be a candidate for the 2012 nomination.

Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Constitution calls for a separation of church ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sharron Angle, the "tea party" favorite who hopes to topple him in the November election, sparred in their first and only debate Thursday night, staking out familiar positions on the ends of the political spectrum.

Delaware Senate candidates Chris Coons and Christine O'Donnell faced off in their first debate on Wednesday night, a feisty exchange on issues ranging from evolution to Afghanistan to gays serving in the military to whether China is planning to take over the United States.

The rivals for California governor continue their attacks on each other and stick to their talking points without offering details on how they would fix the troubled state.Reporting from San Rafael, Calif.

Gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown, Democrat, and Meg Whitman, Republican, will meet in their third and final debate at 6:30 pm Tuesday at Dominican University of California in San Rafael.

As a new poll showed Democrat Jerry Brown with a five-point lead over Republican Meg Whitman in the race for governor, KGO radio's Ronn Owen announced that a debate between the two candidates Meg Whitman has been canceled.

Hours before their debate, the Republican candidate for Senate in Connecticut released a video showing her opponent suggesting he served in the Vietnam War, though he did not.

During a debate Sunday between Rand Paul and Jack Conway, a revealing exchange reminiscent of one during the Massachusetts senate race.