John Brummett, columnist and reporter for the Arkansas News Bureau, has published this column, saying that John Gray had the best performance at the U.S. Senate debate broadcast on October 13. Gray is the Green Party nominee, and one of three candidates on the ballot.
The Arkansas News Bureau is an online-only site focuses on Arkansas politics. It is owned by the Stephens Media Group, which owns several newspapers in Arkansas as well.
On October 15, four of the five candidates for Governor of Maine debated each other again. See this story. The four are Democrat Elizabeth Mitchell, independent Eliot Cutler, independent Shawn Moody, and independent Kevin Scott. The Republican nominee, Paul LePage, did not appear. However, he had appeared in a earlier 5-candidate debate. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the link.
On October 15, President Obama signed S.3196, the bill that authorizes the federal government to provide transition briefing and resources to any presidential candidate who is considered to be a possible winner. Thanks to Political Activity Law blog for this news. S.3196 mentions the Commission on Presidential Debates and seems to assume that the Commission will forever into the future limit access to the presidential general election debates to candidates who have a likelihood of winning the election. Federal officials are to be guided, in deciding which presidential candidates to include in the transition assistance, by whether the Commission has invited the candidate into its debates.
On October 15, the four candidates for Massachusetts Governor debated each other. See this story. The candidates are Democratic incumbent Deval Patrick, Republican Charlie Baker, independent candidate Tim Cahill, and Green Party nominee Jill Stein. The story focuses on the question asked by a member of the audience, which was which living politician would each of the four candidates most like to be.
On October 13, all three candidates for U.S. Senate from North Carolina debated each other. See this story. The three had also debated back on June 26. They are Republican incumbent Richard Burr, Democrat Elaine Marshall, and Libertarian Mike Beitler.
