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Thursday night, the two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate faced off in the first of two run-off debates. Secretary of State Elaine Marshal and former state Sen. Cal Cunningham are vying for a spot on the November ballot to go up against incumbent Sen. Richard Burr.

Mileah Kromer, the assistant director of Elon University Poll and an assistant professor of political science at Elon, spoke to News 14 Carolina's Tracey Early about the debate.