INTERVIEW – PETER DOOCY – Reporter, Fox News Channel – previewed the West Virginia debate tonight.
- “Top tier” candidates ahead of the MAY 8 PRIMARY: Don Blankenship, Evan Jenkins and Patrick Morrisey. These three candidates will face off in a Fox News debate on May 1.
- Fox News Hosting Debate in West Virginia GOP Senate Primary. MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Fox News Channel is kicking off its midterm election series with a debate in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary race. The network said in a news release that candidates who reach a threshold of 10 percent in a Fox News poll being released this week will be invited to the May 1 debate. Co-moderators for the debate in Morgantown will be chief political anchor Bret Baier and anchor Martha MacCallum. The network will also host with the Florida GOP a Republican primary debate in Florida’s governor’s race on June 28.
