The only debate of the election season between Bill Bolling, the incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor, and his Democratic opponent, Jody Wagner, will take place tonight at 7pm at Roanoke College. The event will be streamed live over the internet here.
Consider this an open thread to discuss the debate.
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And we are underway. The first question was, if the governor were of the opposite party, what do you agree with him on and how would you work together?
Are they changing the rules? I thought they said 1 minute for rebuttal.
Question 2 relates to attendance at the boards and commissions meetings that the LG sits on.
Live tweeting of the debate – follow @jonbowerbank and @MoElleithee
Next question on transportation
OK, this entire debate can be summed up as:
JW – Bill Bolling didn’t show up
BB – Jody Wagner supports tax increases
Doesn’t matter what the question is.
Apparently there is a rule that no outside notes are allowed but Bill Bolling read from a newspaper article. Shouldn’t the moderators have checked that before the debate started?
Next question on the budget.
The questions so far have been designed to make each candidate be on the defensive. I’m not sure how that moves the conversation forward.
Next question relates to the accuracy of revenue projections.
If the revenue projections were wrong, why didn’t the general assembly fix it before passing the budget?
The VBA screwed this up. They gave one set of rules to Bolling and another set of rules to Wagner.
Missed the question. Must have something to do with jobs.
Question to Wagner about creating jobs and cutting spending without being elected.
Why won’t Wagner call out Bolling on how she couldn’t have voted for taxes if she wasn’t elected?
Finally she did it. But it was like pulling teeth.
Question abt bipartisan redistricting.
Yes both support. I was surprised, actually, that Bolling jumped on board this issue last year.