{"id":1609271,"date":"2022-08-16T16:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609271"},"modified":"2022-08-16T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T20:49:42","slug":"candidate-debates-become-sticking-point-in-pennsylvanias-governor-and-senate-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candidate-debates-become-sticking-point-in-pennsylvanias-governor-and-senate-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate Debates Become Sticking Point in Pennsylvania\u2019s Governor and Senate Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcandidate-debates-become-sticking-point-in-pennsylvanias-governor-and-senate-races%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Campaign season is about to kick into high gear, as it normally does after Labor Day. By now, candidate debates are usually scheduled. But there are still questions about how debates will play out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a>\u2019s top two races\u2014for governor and U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Race for Governor <\/p>\n<p>Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Doug Mastriano will not participate in debates hosted by legacy media, a spokesman from the campaign confirmed. He has another plan that he believes will be more fair.<\/p>\n<p>Mastriano\u2019s campaign sent a letter on Aug. 16 to Democrat candidate Attorney General Josh Shapiro, proposing the two campaigns work together to put on a debate.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/21\/Josh-Shapiro-2022-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Attorney General Josh Shapiro spoke in Pittsburgh about his office\u2019s continued commitment to protect abortion access for women. July 14, 2022. (Commonwealth Media Service) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike you, I have received many invitations from media outlets and civic organizations to participate in gubernatorial debates,\u201d Mastriano wrote. \u201cWhile I believe that debates can offer a valuable service to Pennsylvania voters, that\u2019s only if they are conducted fairly. Typically, Republican statewide candidates fall prey to the trap of debates that are effectively a two-against-one matchup, in which the mainstream media who moderate the debates, are unpaid advocates and ideological allies of the Democrat candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mastriano said he welcomes a debate, but will only participate if it\u2019s a fair fight.<\/p>\n<p>Mastriano proposes two 90-minute debates in October. Each candidate chooses one location. Each debate would have two moderators, with each candidate choosing one. The moderators would be allowed an equal number of questions asked of each candidate. The topics can be open-ended with no limits, Mastriano wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/12\/13\/20201212-LetTheChurchRoar-SamiraBouaou-Epoch-Times-9A6A1646-1-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Doug Mastriano, Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate, speaks at the \u201cLet the Church ROAR\u201d National Prayer Rally on the National<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaign season is about to kick into high gear, as it normally does after Labor Day. By now, candidate debates are usually scheduled. But there are still questions about how debates will play out in Pennsylvania\u2019s top two races\u2014for governor and U.S. Senate. Race for Governor Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Doug Mastriano will not [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1609271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}