AUGUSTA, Maine — It took more than 45 minutes into the first televised debate in Maine’s gubernatorial race, but Republican nominee Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills sparred a bit on Wednesday night over his move earlier this month not to release personal tax returns.
The race to replace the term-limited Gov. Paul LePage is a toss-up that has already drawn $7.2 million in outside spending to largely blanket Maine airwaves with negative ads, but the candidates themselves have stayed focused on issues in a handful of debates so far.
They largely did on Wednesday, but the jabs between the two front-runners came toward the end of a debate at the Augusta Civic Center hosted by WCSH, WLBZ and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce that was focused on the economy, environment and education.
Mills, the attorney general, looked again to demonstrate command of government’s finer details.
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