U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican challenger Hung Cao have gone toe to toe in their only debate of the campaign over issues from illegal immigration to tariffs on foreign goods

The Virginia Senate race had its likely only debate Wednesday night between Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Republican Hung Cao in a once-purple state that the GOP seeks to tip back into the battleground column.

Democratic incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine and his Republican challenger Hung Cao will get 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds for each rebuttal during the Virginia Senate Debate, which begins at 7 p.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine and his Republican challenger Hung Cao discussed the U.S. dockworkers strike, the economy, the crisis in the Middle East, the topic of abortion and much more during their first and only live televised debate Wednesday night in Norfolk.

The first was Wednesday's meeting between Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine and Republican challenger Hung Cao on Norfolk-based WAVY-TV.

With just over a month until the November 5 election, much of the nation’s attention is focused on the Presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and Former President Donald Trump, but the balance of power could also shift dramatically at the congressional level this fall.