Democrat Katie Hobbs’ campaign announced Sept. 11 that she would not debate Republican Kari Lake as the two battle for the Arizona governor’s office, calling off any negotiations with Lake and the state commission overseeing debates.
, calling off any negotiations with Lake and the state commission overseeing debates.
Nicole DeMont instead repeated the campaign’s concerns that debating Lake would "just create another spectacle, like we saw in the GOP primary debate. But on top of that, I would just add, you can’t debate a conspiracy theorist and at the last debate, she brought the conversation back to the 2020 election no less than a dozen times."
Lake had already agreed to the debate and its format and called out Hobbs for refusing to engage, calling her "a coward." She also said she was ready to hit the stage with Hobbs at any time, let her pick the moderator and write all the questions. "Kari will keep her promise to the voters and debate," Trumble said in a statement. "The empty chair across from her will show Arizonans just how little Katie Hobbs cares about them."
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