Davis, Abbott Still at Odds Over Dallas Debate
Four days after Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott backed out of a planned debate with Democrat Wendy Davis in Dallas, it was unclear Tuesday whether there would be a gubernatorial debate in the city at all.
Davis agreed to Abbott's format preferences for a debate on Sept. 30 to be hosted by WFAA-TV in Dallas, the Davis campaign said Tuesday. But Abbott has committed to debating at a different venue in the city, Davis hasn't accepted the invitation to the second one and WFAA says it's no longer pursuing a debate. (The Texas Tribune had been a partner with WFAA on its original debate.)
Davis and Abbott had both agreed to the WFAA debate — as well as another debate in McAllen — but Abbott backed out of the WFAA event on Friday because of what one of his advisers said was "an inability to agree on specific details of the format." The debate was to be a roundtable conversation with no specific time limits for candidate remarks.
Davis campaign spokesman Zac Petkanas issued a statement Tuesday after the campaign met with WFAA.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/02/davis-agrees-abbotts-wfaa-debate-formatting-terms/
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