Miami, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – A televised debate between the candidates for Florida governor was almost called off Wednesday night because of a fan. A fan fan.

As the debate coverage went live, neither incumbent Governor Rick Scott (R) nor challenger and former Governor Charlie Crist showed up on stage.  The moderating panel panicked.

Minutes later, Governor Crist took to the podium but the moderators announced that Governor Scott will not be participating in the debate because there was an electric fan underneath the podium designated for Crist.

Scott’s campaign insisted that per the agreed-upon debate rules, fans were not allowed on stage.

The Crist campaign, however, said that it was their understanding that what was prohibited were human fans or political followers of the candidates in the audience, and not electric fans on stage.

Scott eventually showed up and the debate went on as scheduled.

The debate will forever be known as fangate!