Hagan Campaign on WTVD Debate:
Inherently Unfair for One Polling Firm to Determine Who the Voters Get to Hear From
Contact: Colleen Flanagan
Colleen@kayhagan.com
336-686-7053
Dave Hoffman
Dave@kayhagan.com
336-617-5301
April 11, 2008
GREENSBORO, NC – Kay Hagan for U.S. Senate Campaign Communications Director Colleen Flanagan today released the following statement with regards to the Democratic U.S. Senate debate proposed by Durham television station WTVD. WTVD has decided to only invite candidates who reached a minimum of 10% in their latest WTVD/SurveyUSA poll. In the past week, three separate polls have been released in this race, all three of which have State Senator and U.S. Senate Candidate Kay Hagan in the lead, but show varying results for her primary opponents.
“We have discussed the terms of the debate with WTVD, and while we would have been happy to debate had all the candidates been invited, we do not feel comfortable participating in a debate where some of the candidates were excluded. As others have noted, in North Carolina, we have primaries, not coronations, and it’s inherently unfair for one polling firm to determine which candidates voters get to hear from.”
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