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UPDATE: Tonight's Debate Is Cancelled After GOP Mayor Candidate Faints At A Lunchtime Debate Event

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UPDATE: Rod Roberson's campaign says tonight's 7pm debate with Dave Miller that was supposed to take place at lechyd Da Brewing in Elkhart is apparently cancelled. Roberson's campaign says it is waiting for a statement from the Miller campaign.

ORIGINAL POST:

Monday, for the second time in a little more than a month, Elkhart's GOP mayoral candidate appeared to faint in a debate setting. 

Over the noon hour, during a debate in front of the Elkhart Rotary Club, Dave Miller went to the floor as his Democratic opponent Rod Roberson was speaking. Miller grabbed the podium and it fell as well. 

The debate was being transmitted on a Facebook Live feed from the Rotary Club's page. 

Roberson and others rushed to help Miller get up. A chair was brought over and Miller was helped into it. 

This follows an episode in September at the Elkhart Kiwanis Club in which reports indicate Miller appeared to faint afterward while mingling with attendees.

Tonight at 7, the two candidates are set to debate again at lechyd Da Brewing in Elkhart. WVPE is working to confirm if this event will still go on as planned. We reached out for comment from the Miller campaign. The campaign manager indicated a statement would be issued soon.