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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kayla Guo

Texas State released from contract to host debate, as Biden and Trump sidestep tradition

The space in between the LBJ student center and the Alkek Library is usually one of the busiest places on campus, and yet it is relatively empty on the first day of the fall semester in San Marcos on August 24, 2020.
Texas State University in San Marcos was expected to host the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

Any lingering hope that Texas would host a presidential debate this cycle was dashed Monday after the Commission on Presidential Debates released Texas State University from its contract.

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