First of three Senate debates between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke set for Dallas on Sept. 21
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Beto O'Rourke have agreed to three debates, with the first of the high-stakes confrontations set for Dallas on Friday, Sept. 21.
The hour-long debate will be hosted by The Dallas Morning News, Southern Methodist University and KXAS-TV (Ch. 5). The campaigns announced the event on Friday afternoon.
Texas has emerged as a major battleground in the 2018 midterms, and both contenders have much to gain or lose.
This will be the first of three televised face-offs the rivals agreed to hold before Election Day — a chance to show their command of key issues or expose a rival's soft spots, defend their records, amplify their talking points, and paint the other candidate as out of touch with the majority of Texas voters.
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