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7 Oct, 10 tweets, 3 min read
The only scheduled vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris is tonight at 9 p.m. ET. The debate will be moderated by USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief @SusanPage.

Get to know her before tonight ⬇️ usatoday.com/story/entertai…
Susan is the first print reporter to be the solo moderator at a debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. In 1992, there were some print reporters on a panel, but since they went to solo moderators, all of them have been TV reporters or anchors.
She covered her first presidential race in 1980 and has covered every one since then, first for Newsday and then for USA TODAY. That makes the 2020 election the 11th presidential campaign she has covered. In this photo from 2016, Susan Page and other sit in press r
Susan has interviewed the past nine presidents – three of them after they left office (Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter) and six of them when they were president (Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump). Susan Page stands in front of the American Flag for a photo.
Susan is a former president of the White House Correspondents Association and a former president of the Gridiron Club, the oldest association of journalists in Washington. She has twice served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes.
Susan has received every award given specifically for coverage of the White House, including the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, the Merriman Smith Memorial Award for Deadline Reporting on the Presidency, and the Aldo Beckman Memorial Award. Susan Page looks at her interview subject during an on-camer
She was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, where she was proud to be editor of the Southeast High School yearbook, Hoofbeats. Susan received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern, where she was editor of The Daily Northwestern, and her master’s degree from Columbia.
Susan is married to a fellow journalist, Carl Leubsdorf of The Dallas Morning News, immortalized as an AP reporter in “The Boys on the Bus,” about the 1972 campaign. They have two sons.
Last year, in April 2019, Susan wrote "THE MATRIARCH: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty," a best-selling book.

Next year, in April 2021, her new book is scheduled to be published, "MADAM SPEAKER: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power."
Watch the vice presidential debate tonight, moderated by @SusanPage, with live fact-checking by USA TODAY’s team of experts. usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

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8 Oct
#VPDebate next topic: The Supreme Court of the United States

Q for Pence: What would you want Indiana, your home state, to do if Roe v. Wade is overturned?

Pence responded by saying he hopes Amy Coney Barrett gets a fair hearing and is treated with respect.
The same question is asked to Harris.

Harris: "Let the American people fill that seat in the White House and then we'll fill that seat on the US Supreme Court."

She added: "I will always fight for a women's right to make a decision about her own body."
Harris also talked about the Affordable Care Act.
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