Indiana gubernatorial candidates face off at televised debate

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FROM INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Attacks between some of the Republican candidates for governor sharpened Tuesday during the primary’s first televised debate.

Mike Braun, Brad Chambers, Suzanne Crouch and Eric Doden answered a range of questions, from immigration to in vitro fertilization to gas taxes.

And while many of their answers were largely the same, they took their shots where they could.

Many of the attacks were directed at Mike Braun, considered the frontrunner. Doden  hit him on immigration reform

Braun gave as good as he got, attacking Doden  and, in particular, Brad Chambers for the ways they each led the Indiana Economic Development Corporation…

Chambers parried those attacks back at Braun….

Crouch largely didn’t engage in the attacks, nor was she the target of much.

But she did reserve a little criticism for her opponents over a question of small towns and their infrastructure issues.

Crouch argued that she was focused on helping them…

Curtis Hill and Jamie Reitenour, who are also on the primary ballot, were excluded from the debate.