In Florida, a televised debate between two candidates battling to be the state's next governor was thrown into uproar after one of them used a fan to cool himself under the studio's hot TV lights.
Florida Governor Rick Scott refused to take to the stage for the debate, after alleging that his opponent, Charlie Crist, was breaking the rules.
Our US correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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