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TIL that the 1948 United States Presidential Election was the first election to have primary and general election debates, with Thomas Dewey debating Harold Stassen in the GOP primary while Socialist Nominee Norman Thomas debated Socialist Workers Nominee Farrell Dobbs in the general election.

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