Tim Walz Accepts Oct. 1 Date For CBS News Vice Presidential Debate — Update

Ted Johnson
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UPDATE: CBS News is proposing four dates for a vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Governor Tim Walz (D-MN).

The network said in a statement, “Today, CBS News invited both vice-presidential candidates to participate in a debate in New York City. We provided the campaigns with four dates as options: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. We look forward to their responses and providing voters with an opportunity to hear directly from the vice-presidential candidates.”

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Walz quickly accepted the Oct. 1 date. Vance has not said whether he would also debate on that date.

CBS News had proposed a vice presidential debate for late July or early August, but it never materialized before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee.

Harris and former President Donald Trump have agreed to participate in a Sept. 10 presidential debate, hosted by ABC News, but they have not come to terms on any additional faceoffs. NBC News and Fox News have proposed debates for later in the month.

The first vice presidential debate was between then-Sen. Walter Mondale (D-MN) and Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) in 1976. There was no vice presidential debate in 1980, but there has been one every presidential cycle since then.

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