Who won the Makerfield by-election TV debate, Andy Burnham or Robert Kenyon? Plus, have your say - COMMENT: Our writers weigh ...

Debates for American presidential elections haven’t been around as long you probably think. Mr. Beat explains. Produced by ...

Before it became a state, before there was a Capitol dome in Topeka, the Kansas Territory was consumed by a defining question: whether it would enter the Union free or slave. That struggle played out ...

Candidates who refuse to stand on a public stage with their opponents to define and defend their positions have no right to expect voters to support them. Likewise, voters should carefully weigh ...

• Read the takeaways from the California gubernatorial debate here. • See our latest coverage of the Ohio and Indiana primaries here. CNN’s Elex Michaelson asked the gubernatorial candidates, “Which ...

The biggest storyline from Georgia's Republican gubernatorial debate may not have been what was said on stage, but who never appeared on it. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones seized on that vacuum repeatedly ...

Charges of backroom dealing, campaign coercion and Rick Jackson’s stumble over workers living in the country illegally dominated a debate already defined by a war with Burt Jones. Republican ...