Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp pulled out of the final Georgia debate to campaign alongside President Donald Trump. The debate was set for 5 p.m. ET on Sunday in Atlanta, but Trump scheduled a campaign rally at 4 p.m. ET in Macon on the same day, which is located nearly 100 miles away.

The debate between Kemp, Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams and Libertarian candidate Ted Metz had been agreed upon and scheduled since September, according to WSB-TV, the Atlanta TV station organizing the debate.

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"We regret that we had to cancel, but once Secretary Kemp pulled out at the last minute, the candidates could not agree to a new time," WSB News Director Misti Turnbull said in a statement.

Along with Florida's gubernatorial race, Georgia's competition has been among the most-watched in the country. The candidates appeared during a televised debate on Oct. 23, and current polls show Abrams and Kemp running neck-in-neck.

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"The conflict arose on Monday when President Trump announced he was holding a rally for Kemp in Macon at 4 p.m. – one hour before the debate telecast," WSB reported. "On Tuesday, six weeks after agreeing to participate, Kemp canceled his appearance in the debate. Abrams did not pull out."

Kemp had proposed that the long-scheduled Sunday debate be moved to Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET, but Abrams' team was not interested in re-arranging its own campaign schedule to accommodate Kemp's last-minute requests.