Former Democrat Rep. Abigail Spanberger won’t be debating her Republican rival Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on CNN before the election of the commonwealth’s next governor.
CNN invited both gubernatorial candidates for the fall debate. Earle-Sears accepted. Spanberger declined.
Both candidates appear to be jockeying for the most advantageous venue, with Earle-Sears earlier declining a debate invitation from “The People’s Debate,” hosted by a CBS affiliate, and Spanberger accepting.
Earle-Sears cited a “scheduling conflict” for declining.
Spanberger’s campaign cited wanting only local debate hosts, not national ones such as CNN.
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