{"id":1631984,"date":"2022-09-03T11:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1631984"},"modified":"2022-09-03T11:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T15:49:35","slug":"democrat-katie-hobbs-refuses-to-debate-gops-kari-lake-in-arizona-governor-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-katie-hobbs-refuses-to-debate-gops-kari-lake-in-arizona-governor-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Katie Hobbs Refuses to Debate GOP\u2019s Kari Lake in Arizona Governor Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdemocrat-katie-hobbs-refuses-to-debate-gops-kari-lake-in-arizona-governor-race%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=1631984&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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-arizona\">Arizona<\/a> Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-katie-hobbs\">Katie Hobbs<\/a> is officially refusing to participate in an upcoming debate against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kari-lake\">Kari Lake<\/a>, who is also vying to be Arizona\u2019s next governor.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs\u2019 campaign announced the refusal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22274775-katie-hobbs-letter\">a Sept. 2 letter<\/a> to the Citizens Clean Election Commission, which is hosting the Oct. 12 debate.<\/p>\n<p>The refusal stems from displeasure with how the commission ran primary debates. Hobbs\u2019 campaign pointed to news articles that called the GOP primary debate \u201cpure chaos\u201d and having \u201cnear-constant interruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor weeks, Arizona was ridiculed as clips of the GOP primary debate circulated on social media. As a candidate and as governor, Sec. Hobbs will never participate in something that will make Arizona the butt of late-night TV jokes and national ridicule. She has too much respect for the people of Arizona,\u201d\u00a0Nicole DeMont, the Hobbs\u2019 campaign manager, wrote to the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign has been trying to work with the commission to figure out an improved format for the general debate but the commission would only agree to one modification, for better enforcement of time limits.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a debate, the campaign wants each candidate to conduct a 30-minute \u201ctown hall-style interview\u201d with Ted Simons,\u00a0a PBS host who has been a debate moderator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach candidate would have one minute to make opening and closing statements, as in the original proposal. Mr. Simons would then have full license to conduct his interview and ask questions of his choosing,\u201d DeMont said.<\/p>\n<p>The commission, which was established through an act passed by voters in 1998, is aimed at educating voters, making sure candidates don\u2019t have improper funding, and hosting debates.<\/p>\n<p>The commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment and has not appeared to have responded to the proposal from Hobbs, the Democrat nominee for governor.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kari-lake-1200x800-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4708778\"><\/a> Republican nominee for Arizona governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is officially refusing to participate in an upcoming debate against Kari Lake, who is also vying to be Arizona\u2019s next governor. Hobbs\u2019 campaign announced the refusal in a Sept. 2 letter to the Citizens Clean Election Commission, which is hosting the Oct. 12 debate. 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