Two of the three candidates vying to represent the 1st District in Congress will be in Flagstaff on Saturday morning facing off in debate.

Democratic congressional candidate Ellen Simon and Libertarian congressional candidate David Schlosser will attend and have held similar debates around the district.

With less than two weeks until Election Day, two-term U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Flagstaff, will not participate, he has said via a spokesman.

As of Thursday evening, his office had not answered questions posed by the Daily Sun about what Renzi would be doing instead on Saturday.

Arizona Daily Sun