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Rhetoric heats up in Georgia governor's race
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal speaks during a press conference as a supporter of his opponent, Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Jason Carter, holds up a campaign sign Monday in Atlanta. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — The campaign stops featured warm and fuzzy, feel-good settings, but the candidates for Georgia governor pounded each other rhetorically on Monday as voter registration closed and they prepared for their first head-to-head debate. Republican Nathan Deal and his wife, Sandra, gathered with women supporters at the state Capitol, and Democrat Jason Carter and his wife, Kate, read to 4- and 5-year-olds at a prekindergarten facility. The race hasn't exactly been friendly until now.
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