Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Declines Invite to Debate Challengers

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Declines Invite to Debate Challengers
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine in Bexley, Ohio, on Aug. 6, 2020. Jay LaPrete/AP Photo
Jeff Louderback
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Holding a lead in two recent independent polls and facing a challenge from three GOP opponents, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine won’t attend an upcoming debate, a campaign spokesperson announced March 10.

“We will respectfully decline the invitation to participate in the Ohio Debate Commission’s Primary debate,” Brenton Temple wrote to the commission’s Jill Miller Zimon.

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