Photos: Sinema and McSally debate in Phoenix
2018 General Election: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally before and after their only candidates' debate in Phoenix on Oct. 15. They are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left open by the retirement of Sen. Jeff Flake.
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Rep. Martha McSally, left, and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema prepare to debate in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate debate
Rep. Martha McSally takes questions from the press after debating Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
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Rep. Kyrsten Sinema prepares to debate Rep. Martha McSally in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
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Rep. Martha McSally waits to debate Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
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Rep. Martha McSally, left, and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema prepare to debate in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
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Rep. Martha McSally, left, and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema prepare to debate in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate debate
Rep. Martha McSally, left, and Rep. Kyrsten Sinema prepare to debate in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate debate
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema takes questions from the press after debating Rep. Martha McSally in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate debate
Rep. Martha McSally takes questions from the press after debating Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate debate
Rep. Martha McSally takes questions from the press after debating Rep. Kyrsten Sinema in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
U.S. Senate debate
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema takes questions from the press after debating Rep. Martha McSally in the Arizona PBS studios at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Monday, October 15, 2018. One of the two will become the first woman to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.
Near the end of their hour-long debate, McSally brought up a radio interview Sinema did in 2003 during her anti-war days
Columnist Tim Steller offers a satirical transcript of sorts.
A new survey of the Senate race has Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema in the lead with less than three weeks before election day.