Following weeks of being called a debate ducker by his Republican opponent, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tom Udall has agreed to four debates — one more than he originally said he would participate in.
Udall’s campaign released a schedule on Saturday that includes three debates in Albuquerque in October and a fourth debate on NBC’s Meet the Press at a date that has yet to be announced.
“We feel this schedule gives the people of
Pearce, who has hammered Udall on the topic of debates for some time, had originally demanded three debates, and Udall agreed. After the two were invited to debate on Meet the Press, Pearce said that should be a fourth debate in addition to those held in
In addition to the Meet the Press event, the schedule announced Saturday includes an Oct. 15 debate hosted by KOB-TV 4 in
Absent from the schedule is a debate in