I will be your moderator for todays debate against senator ben sasse and democrat chris janicek. Follow on social media. Find us on facebook and twitter. And at the nesen. We welcome those watching nationwide on cspan tonight. The next hour, the candidates will face questions from nebraska journalists. The rules are fairly simple. Each candidate will have three minutes to respond to the question with 32nd rebuttals if needed. Onwill begin with questions domestic policy and transition to Foreign Policy. Before the debate, we held simple coin tosses to determine the order of different parts of the debate. As a result, the first candidate to present an opening candidate is mr. Janicek. Ready to go. I am going to start off with a personal story. Me, andry personal to it is the reason i am in this race. My father died of a heart attack when he was 54 years old. His father, my grandfather, died of a heart attack when he was 58 years old. My greatgrandfather dropped dead at age 60. When i tur
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