NORFOLK, Va. (Nexstar) — The two candidates vying for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat are facing off in a live, televised debate on Wednesday night.
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Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine is set to debate Republican challenger Hung Cao live at 7 p.m. from the campus of Norfolk State University.
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The exclusive debate from Nexstar Media Group will be streamed here online, televised on Virginia’s Nexstar stations, and simulcast nationwide via Nexstar’s cable news network, NewsNation.
This is the only debate scheduled between the candidates from now until Election Day.
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Cao, a U.S. Navy special operations veteran, will look to gain some ground in the race with a strong debate performance. A recent poll from Emerson College had him down 10 points to Kaine , who’s running for a third term. Kaine’s been a senator since 2013, after previously serving as Virginia’s governor from 2006 to 2010.