It turns out Monday’s debate between Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) and former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous (D) won’t be competing for attention with Senate Judiciary Committee hearings featuring Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh after all (though Kavanaugh’s embattled Supreme Court nomination will still be Topic A).
That’s good news for Jealous. After a summer of being buried under an avalanche of negative ads from the Republican Governors Association and multiple pro-Hogan ads, he needs all the exposure he can get.
But how many people will be tuning in? How much excitement is the gubernatorial race – and the lone debate of the general election – generating?
