Posted on 10/22/2014 7:33:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A debate in North Carolina that was supposed to feature incumbent Senator Kay Hagan and her Republican challenger state senator Thom Tillis ended up with Tillis sitting next to an empty chair because Hagan declined to participate.
From Fox News:
The program initially billed as a debate between Tillis and other candidates turned into a one-hour conversation with him and two reporters, as well as responses to emailed or recorded questions from the public. Hagan announced over the summer her decision not to participate, while Libertarian Sean Haugh didn't meet a 15 percent polling threshold to join Tillis.
An empty seat was placed next to Tillis at the Time Warner Cable News studios in Raleigh as the state House speaker answered questions on many topics as the start of early in-person voting Thursday neared.
"I'm disappointed that Sen. Hagan's not here," Tillis said in a closing statement in which he repeated themes from their previous three televised debates with Hagan in which he linked her closely to President Barack Obama's policies.
While Haugh appeared on a post-debate program afterward on Time Warner Cable, Hagan kept busy with a statewide tour Tuesday, visiting three locations, including a Wilson County farm late in the day. Hagan's campaign has reiterated she declined the invitation in July and that three debates also were held during North Carolina's most recent U.S. Senate election in 2010. Haugh participated in one of the three.
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Till is should have deferred to the empty chair for some of the questions.
DEMOCRATS Don't Forget To Vote On Tuesday Nov. 11, 2014
AH HA, she must have seen this photo I posted. (kidding)
So, is Hagan toast or not?
It’s close.........
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