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10-04-2016, 11:52 PM
Rand Paul to debate Jim Gray Halloween night on KET
BY DANIEL DESROCHERS
OCTOBER 4, 2016
Kentucky voters will get one chance to see their U.S. Senate candidates debate side-by-side on television this fall — Halloween night.
After months of avoiding the same stage with his Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign said Tuesday it has accepted an invitation from Kentucky Educational Television to appear with Lexington Mayor Jim Gray on its Oct. 31 edition of “Kentucky Tonight.”
“Dr. Paul has taken his message directly to the people in over 110 town halls across Kentucky, so he is happy to accept KET’s debate invitation and continue his efforts to present voters with a clear picture of a Senator who believes in less spending, less taxes, and less debt,” said Kelsey Cooper, a spokeswoman for Paul.
Paul, however, declined an invitation to debate Gray on television Oct. 30. That proposed debate was canceled Tuesday by the League of Women Voters, who were working in conjunction with the Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT-TV in Lexington, WLKY-TV in Louisville and the University of Kentucky Student Government.
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http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article105831112.html
BY DANIEL DESROCHERS
OCTOBER 4, 2016
Kentucky voters will get one chance to see their U.S. Senate candidates debate side-by-side on television this fall — Halloween night.
After months of avoiding the same stage with his Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s campaign said Tuesday it has accepted an invitation from Kentucky Educational Television to appear with Lexington Mayor Jim Gray on its Oct. 31 edition of “Kentucky Tonight.”
“Dr. Paul has taken his message directly to the people in over 110 town halls across Kentucky, so he is happy to accept KET’s debate invitation and continue his efforts to present voters with a clear picture of a Senator who believes in less spending, less taxes, and less debt,” said Kelsey Cooper, a spokeswoman for Paul.
Paul, however, declined an invitation to debate Gray on television Oct. 30. That proposed debate was canceled Tuesday by the League of Women Voters, who were working in conjunction with the Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT-TV in Lexington, WLKY-TV in Louisville and the University of Kentucky Student Government.
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read more:
http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article105831112.html