2016. Tossup. Welcome to the first televised debate between candidates for virginia second Congressional District. Republican scott taylor is challenging the democratic congresswoman for the state he once held. Prior to being elected in 2018, she served in the navy for two decades as a Surface Warfare officer. She retired as a rank of commander. She graduated from the u. S. Naval academy and received a masters from old dominion university. And republican candidate scott held this seat after winning the Congressional Election in prior to serving in 2016. Congress, he represented Virginia Beach in the house of delegates. Taylor served overseas as a navy seal sniper. He received a bachelors and a masters degree in International Relations from harvard. Here to moderate the debate is National Political reporter joe st. George. He has covered National Politics for a number of years. Thank you for being here. Joe should be a fascinating hourlong discussion. My job is quite simple. Ask questio
Various scenarios that could take place after the election involving delayed counting of ballots. This runs whenever. Im aaron david miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment and welcome to carnegie connects, series of virtual conversations on issues of critical importance to americans and to the world. Our last session which took place on the afternoon of the first president ial as diverse of the question, what Foreign Policy figure in the election and our three panelists, charlie cook, jen saki and Amanda Carpenter i think myself included knew the answer to the question before we began. Not so today. The question we pose come will american democracy survive november 3 and beyond, is unanswerable. It may be overly dramatically rendered, but there are simply too many unknowns and too many uncertainties and fears about the consequences of this election. However, there are also hopes. Rachel kleinfeld has written and i would put myself in agreement with this, reflecting the factef
Masters from old dominion university. And republican candidate scott held this seat after winning the Congressional Election in prior to serving in 2016. Congress, he represented Virginia Beach in the house of delegates. Taylor served overseas as a navy seal sniper. He received a bachelors and a masters degree in International Relations from harvard. Here to moderate the debate is National Political reporter joe st. George. He has covered National Politics for a number of years. Thank you for being here. Joe should be a fascinating hourlong discussion. My job is quite simple. Ask questions on the minds of voters as they vote. We know plenty of virginians are already voting. My second job, enforce the rules. 90 second answers, 62nd report goals report 60 second rebuttals. First, opening statements. Congresswoman luria, you won the coin toss. You get to go first. Rep. Luria thank you so much for hosting this important conversation tonight. My name is elaine luria. Im currently your repre
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