Hofstra University passes on presidential debate bid

Hofstra University won't be on a list of locations for the 2020 presidential debates when they're announced next month.

Hofstra, the only university to have hosted three consecutive presidential debates, was not among the applicants to the Commission on Presidential Debates, which selects host sites.

“We chose not to apply this cycle,” said Hofstra spokeswoman Karla Schuster, who declined to elaborate.

The Commission on President Debates in April announced six applicants: Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.; the City of Hartford, Conn.; Creighton University in Omaha, Neb.; the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; the University of Notre Dame in Indiana; the Utah Debate Commission and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

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