Debate over debates: Will Orange County House candidates square off before November?

During an election season unlike any other, Orange County’s congressional candidates are debating if and when and how to debate.
Experts say who’s challenging who, and who’s accepting or ignoring the challenge, can signal how a race is going — even if research shows debate themselves don’t typically have much impact on the outcome of an election.
Nowhere is this debate over debates playing out more publicly than in the coastal 48th District.
Freshman Democratic Rep.