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Louisiana governor candidates face off in debate highlighting abortion ban and police brutality

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By SARA CLINE
Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s election is just a month away and candidates hoping to break through the pack tried to set themselves apart during a televised debate. The event on Friday hosted by Nexstar Media Group and airing on multiple Louisiana news stations is meant to help voters ahead of the Oct. 14 open primary. The seven candidates have outlined how they plan to address pressing issues and where they stand on some of the state’s most talked about topics, including the near-total abortion ban, crumbling roads and bridges, the property insurance crisis and the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene.

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