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REPUBLICAN GOV. SAM BROWNBACK, left, listens while his Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, answers a question during their first debate on Saturday at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
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HutcHinson — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and his Democratic challenger Paul Davis stuck to their themes on education and the economy Saturday as they squared off in the traditional debate at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
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At an outdoors arena before a standing-roomonly crowd of around 3,000 people, Brownback defended his record while trying to link Davis to the national Democratic Party, while Davis criticized the governor over tax cuts and reductions in education spending.
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