(Radio Iowa) — Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell meet tonight (Wednesday) in their second “live” T-V debate. Dordt College political science professor Jeff Taylor says debates do not sway many voters. “If a candidate makes a serious gaffe or error or some kind of big blunder in the debate, then that could be problematic,” Taylor says. “…But generally speaking, I think debates usually reinforce the base.”

So Republicans will be cheering for Reynolds tonight and Democrats will be cheering for Hubbell. Reynolds says Hubbell didn’t seem to be having much fun at their first face-to-face debate. “It is fun to talk about the positive things that are happening in Iowa…to be the cheerleader of a state that I love,” Reynolds says. “…Everything he says is doom and gloom and negative and I don’t think it’s reflective of the whole story.” Hubbell says he has a different approach to debating.

“I don’t necessarily go on the attack all the time like her ads do and like she did in the debate,” Hubbell says. “I think about things. I approach it with a common sense, bipartisan agenda.” Tonight’s (Wednesday’s) debate will be held at Morningside College in Sioux City and broadcast on K-T-I-V in Sioux City, K-W-W-L in Waterloo and K-T-T-C in Rochester, Minnesota at 7 p.m. The final debate between these two gubernatorial candidates will be EARLY Sunday morning in Davenport.