No screen time: Philly DA race goes on without televised matchup
The topic of debates has turned into a bit of tit-for-tat in the race for Philadelphia District Attorney, which may result in both Democratic candidates failing to meet on live television.
Challenger Patrick Dugan’s campaign says incumbent Larry Krasner’s lack of participation in a Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists event and failure to commit to other televised debates were the key factors in his decision to opt out of Tuesday night’s debate on WHYY.
Tuesday night’s forum, hosted by WHYY News, the Committee of 70, and the Philadelphia Bar Association, was scheduled to be the first televised and third live meeting between the two candidates, with Krasner and Dugan’s campaigns agreeing to the event in March.
But in an email to Krasner’s campaign and multiple debate organizers, Dugan’s campaign manager, Daniel Kalai, wrote that his candidate is standing with PABJ and would only participate in the WHYY forum if Krasner also agrees to the other televised debates hosted by CBS3 and Fox29.
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