Sen. Maria Cantwell, challenger Susan Hutchison at odds over when to debate
Will she? Won’t she? When might she?
A debate over debates has broken out in the race for Washington’s U.S. Senate seat this fall, with the Republican challenger to Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell questioning whether the incumbent is ducking her.
“The bottom line is that there’s no way Maria Cantwell isn’t available to debate on October 6th — a Saturday night — when she’s had two months’ warning,” said Susan Hutchison, Cantwell’s opponent. “We set aside those dates several weeks ago, and we’ve still not gotten agreement from her.”
Cantwell previously has blamed Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a scheduling conflict with a first debate set for Oct. 6 in Tacoma.
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