Democratic candidate for legal professional basic Andrea Campbell continued her “we’ll see” method as to if or not she’ll debate her Republican opponent earlier than November’s basic election this weekend.
“We are not doing seven debates,” Campbell informed WCVB’s Ed Harding and Janet Wu on their Sunday politics present On the Record.
“We’ll see,” Campbell mentioned when requested if she would meet in any respect.
Her opponent, Cape Cod Attorney Jay McMahon, challenged Campbell to seven or eight debates earlier than the overall election.
Despite being clear she is not going to meet the Republican for the once-a-week debates he challenged her to, Campbell hasn’t agreed to satisfy her opponent in any respect earlier than voters determine which ones ought to be the state’s highest regulation enforcement official.
Campbell says she’s already debated McMahon. That’s true if she counts a candidates discussion board in late August. But that occasion included Campbell and her Democratic rivals within the major, together with McMahon, at an Attorney General Candidates Forum hosted by Quinsigamond Community College and the Worcester County Bar affiliation.
But that hour-long dialog was not billed as a debate, nor was it carried out like one, and McMahon was outnumbered by potential opponents three–to–one.
Campbell acknowledged Sunday that debates do have worth, however nonetheless wouldn’t say if she would meet McMahon now that each of them have received their primaries.
“We’ll see about future debates,” she mentioned, encouraging folks to view the August discussion board.
“Right now the priority is to get out there, we’ve been getting more attention on the race which is good, to remind folks to get out and vote and to most importantly meet people where they are, so they see us and hear from our campaign and we’ll go from there,” she mentioned.
McMahon mentioned Campbell is dodging debates as a result of she doesn’t need to be challenged on the problems.
“Our opponent is clearly afraid to debate. She is concerned that people will learn about her atrocious positions on crime, her lack of compassion for the victims of crime, her desire to defund the police and her support for illegals having drivers licenses,” McMahon mentioned final week when issued his debate problem.
The basic election shall be held on November 8.
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