Refusing to Debate Kari Lake Is Proving to Be a Risky Strategy for Arizona Democrats

In races where one candidate refuses to engage in a debate, it is typically the front-runner avoiding the stage—the calculus being that they have far more to lose with a bad performance than gain with a strong showing. But in Arizona’s gubernatorial race, the opposite scenario is playing out: Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs, who is slightly trailing her Republican opponent, Kari Lake, according to FiveThirtyEight, is still refusing to meet her opponent on the debate stage. Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state, has defended the move by insisting that any debate would be derailed by Lake’s refusal to view the 2020… Read Full Article