DEBATE

If analysts had to characterize the first GOP presidential primary debate, it’s safe to say the candidates struggled to stand out, but things did get spirited at times and they did take shots at each other in Milwaukee.

Here are some key questions surrounding the upcoming presidential debates.

After the five candidates who want to tackle Jacksonville's biggest law enforcement issues squared off Wednesday night on Channel 4, an analyst with the Jacksonville Public Policy Institute shared what he considered the biggest takeaways from the debate.

Five people who hope to become the next sheriff of Jacksonville met together Wednesday night and answered your questions about the biggest issues facing the city.

The five candidates vying to be the next Sheriff of Jacksonville squared off in the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Debate hosted by Channel 4-News4JAX and the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute Wednesday night.

Join us during the Jacksonville Sheriff's Debate on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. for a LIVE chat.

Florida’s Primary Election is August 23 which is also the same day the City of Jacksonville will hold a special election to see who will be the city’s next sheriff.

Florida’s Primary Election is August 23 which is also the same day the City of Jacksonville will hold a special election to see who will be the city’s next sheriff.

“I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate,” Trump told Fox Business on Thursday morning. The debate commission has sought to avoid any appearance of choosing any political side, which means they are used to getting criticism from both parties. The commission has unfettered powers to make a decision like deciding that Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis was sufficient reason to make the next debate virtual. And even though the debate commission calls the debate, the candidates have every right to choose not to participate. The third and final presidential debate is still scheduled for Oct. 22 in Nashville.

There was briefly another participant swooping into Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate. For several minutes, a fly landed in Vice President Mike Pence’s hair, not moving as he answered questions about racial injustice and whether justice has been done in the death of Breonna Taylor. Conversation about the fly briefly dominated corners of Twitter, where debate watchers discussed their distraction and inability to focus on Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris' answers. Wednesday night’s intruder wasn’t the first to take center stage at an election-year debate. In 2016, a fly briefly landed between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s eyes during a town hall-style debate with now-President Donald Trump.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off Tuesday evening in the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. But most Jacksonville residents who News4Jax spoke with Wednesday said they had already made up their minds long before the presidential debate. “Because of the last four years, I think I know who I’m voting for,” Haynes said. Amanda Crawford, who lives on the Westside, said she also already decided who she’s voting for. “I’ve pretty much decided how I’m voting," said Jason LaFleur, who lives on the Southside.

(AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)ProtestsTRUMP: “The (Portland, Oregon) sheriff just came out today and he said I support President Trump.”THE FACTS: That is false. Health careTRUMP: “Drug prices will be coming down 80 or 90%.”THE FACTS: That’s a promise, not a reality, and it’s a big stretch. Supreme CourtBIDEN, on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett: “She thinks that the Affordable Care Act is not constitutional.”THE FACTS: That’s not right. Delaware StateTRUMP: “You said you went to Delaware State, but you forgot the name of your college. “I got started out of an HBCU, Delaware State — now, I don’t want to hear anything negative about Delaware State,” Biden told a town hall in Florence, South Carolina, in October 2019.