There's a bipartisan consensus that debate moderator Kristen Welker nailed it

Kristen Welker.
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It looks like the winner of Thursday night's debate was its moderator, NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker.

Welker remained calm throughout the event and kept President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in line, ensuring the debate didn't devolve into a cacophonous free-for-all like the first one in late September.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.