NEW: Democrat katiehobbs refuses to debate Trump-backed KariLake in Arizona governor race
Katie Hobbs, the current Arizona secretary of state, must"respectfully decline" an invitation for the debate scheduled for Oct. 12, her campaign manager said on Sunday.The decision comes after Citizens Clean Elections Commission, the state agency that sets up debates, had rejected her request last to alter the format into separate 30-minute "town hall-style" interviews as opposed to a direct face-off.
Lake, a former journalist who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, knocked Hobbs in a statement last week saying her"strategy is to hide from Me, the Press, and the Voters throughout the entirety of this campaign and run out the clock on the people of Arizona."Hobbs has been critical of Lake skepticism of the 2020 election.
.@katiehobbs makes it official: she’s refusing to debate @KariLake.@AZCCEC gave her 7 days to work with Lake and Clean Elections staff on ground rules for a debate. Hobbs still declined. Voters will not get to see Lake and Hobbs face each other on a debate stage. pic.twitter.com/AJPUChCk1C — Jeremy Duda September 11, 2022 Hobbs similarly declined to participate in a head-to-head debate against Marco Lopez in the Democratic primary. Polling generally shows a tight race between Lake and Hobbs in the general election, with the Democrat having a slight but shrinking advantage.
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