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THE TEMPERATURES YOU CAN EXPECT. STACEY: REPUBLICAN SENATOR JONI ERNST AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER THERESA GREENFIELD FACED OFF TONIGHT ON ����vlog, PITCHING VOTERS ON WHY THEY SHOULD BE THE ONE TO REPRESENT IOWANS IN WASHINGTON, DC. STEVE: THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR A SPECIAL HOUR-LONG EDITION OF THE ����vlog NEWS AT 10:00 ����vlog’S CHRIS GOTHNER IS LIVE WITH A DEBATE WRAP-UP. CHRIS: IN SPITE OF A FEW EARLY BUMPS THE CANDIDATES WERE ABLE TO COVER A LOT OF GROUND TONIG ON POLICY ISSUES. TONIGHT’S VIRTUAL DEBATE WAS THE LAST IN OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND CLOSELY-WATCHED U.S. SENATE RACES IN HISTORY THURSDAY MARKED THE THIRD AND FINAL DEBATE IN THE RACE FOR ONE OF IOWA’S U.S. SENATE SEATS. THE SECOND-MOST EXPENSIVE SENATE RACE IN HISTORY COULD AFFECT THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON. INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR JONI ERNST FACED OFF AGAINST DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER THERESA GREENFIELD. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS DEFINED 2020, AND THE 2020 ECONOMY. WE ASKED THE CANDIDATES ABOUT STIMULUS HELP FOR IOWANS >> PPP WAS A PROJECT I WORKED ON, CHILDCARE SUPPORTS TO MAKE SURE MOMS AND DADS COULD BIT BACK TO WORK SAFELY HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT. PROVIDING PPE TO THOSE BUSINESSES AND HOSPITALS THAT NEEDED THAT SUPPORT. >> I HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR A PAID SICK LEAVE, STIMULUS PACKAGE FOR MONTHS. WE ARE IN A CRISIS RIGHT NOW. WE NEED TO EXPAND THOSE CHRIS THE PANDEMIC HAS ALSO : HELPED KEEP HEALTH CARE TOP OF MIND. THE CANDIDATES WEIGHED IN ON WHAT THEY WOULD DO WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. >> WHAT I SUPPORT IS EXPANDI AND STRENGTHENING THE AFFORDABLE CA ACT, AND CREATING A PUBLIC OPTION THAT WILL CREATE COME PETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE, LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND MAKE SURE EVE IOWAN HAS ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. >> THE PUBLIC OPTION IS A TRUCKSTOP ON THE ROAD TO SINGLEPAYER GOVERNMENT TAKEOVE OF HEALTH CARE, THAT PUBLIC OPTION AS DONE BY A THIRD-PARTY INDEPENDENT STUDY COULD BANKRUPT UP TO 52 OF OUR RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. CHRIS THE CANDIDATES WERE ASKED : WHETHER THEY BELIEVE THERE IS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE COUNTRY. THEY WERE ALSO ASKED WHAT POSITIONS OF THEIR PARTIES THEY DISAGREED WITH AS WELL AS THEIR POSITIONS ON TRADE. YOU’LL HEAR THEIR ANSWERS AHEAD IN THIS FULL-HOUR EDITION OF ����vlog 8 NEWS AT 1