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Political face-off: In time crunch, more debates seem unlikely

 
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT | Published: October 12, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Time appears to be running out for another debate between the top two U.S. Senate candidates.

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With no other scheduled joint appearances, Senate candidates Andrew Rice and Jim Inhofe likely will crank out more TV ads. Gov. Brad Henry, who has remained on the sidelines in many races this year, said he has made an ad for Rice, a fellow Democrat elected to the state Senate in 2006 who is trying to defeat Inhofe, a former state legislator, Tulsa mayor and congressman before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994. The ads have not aired yet.

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A spokesman for incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says Oklahoma’s senior U.S. senator will be spending most of his time campaigning between now and the election on Nov. 4.

Inhofe, R-Tulsa, and state Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Oklahoma City, along with independent candidate Stephen Wallace of Tulsa, will appear together Tuesday at a forum in Tulsa. However, each candidate will speak separately.

The forum is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Tulsa’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. It will be sponsored by the State Chamber.

KFOR-4 offered to televise a town hall meeting with Rice and Inhofe on Oct. 30 on the University of Central Oklahoma campus in Edmond, with audience questions.

Chuck Musgrove, the station’s managing editor of political coverage, said Rice agreed but Inhofe’s campaign didn’t seem interested in participating.

Josh Kivett, Inhofe’s campaign manager, said he told the TV station Inhofe had a scheduling conflict on that day.

Tres Savage, a Rice campaign spokesman, said Rice is disappointed Inhofe won’t agree to debate in Oklahoma City. They appeared last week in a 45-minute debate televised by a Tulsa station. Wallace wasn’t invited.

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