Democratic Party moves primary debate from Arizona, moderator pulls out over coronavirus

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The Democratic Party won’t host this weekend’s head-to-head primary debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in Arizona.

The Democratic National Committee, the party’s organizing body, originally scheduled the election cycle’s 11th debate in Phoenix. But it decided Thursday to move the event to Washington, D.C., amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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