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Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Government and Civics During the 1858 US Senate race, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas held seven debates from August through October. Despite losing the election to Douglas, Lincoln rose from local Illinois politician to national prominence. In...