By: Michael C. Bender, Peter Baker, Jonathan Weisman, Alan Rappeport, Jeanna Smialek, Linda Qiu, Mike Isaac, Katie Glueck, Jazmine Ulloa, Katie Rogers, Nicholas Nehamas, Maggie Haberman, Margot Sanger-Katz, Michael M. Grynbaum, Dana Goldstein, Chris Cameron, Kellen Browning
The debate between Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota closed with a question over whether the failure of Donald J. Trump to cede power after losing the 2020 election was a threat to democracy.