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News Section: Election 2012
Video: Vern Buchanan Debates Keith Fitzgerald
Published Monday, October 22, 2012 12:05 am
BRADENTON – In a debate that mirrored the tone of the candidates' campaign battle, Congressman Vern Buchanan and former state representative Keith Fitzgerald slugged it out at their lone televised debate, aired by METV Thursday. The candidates hit the high notes on their respective parties' major platform issues like Medicare, taxes and deficits. Buchanan and Fitzgerald will vie for the newly-drawn District 16 seat, which encompasses all of Sarasota County and nearly all of Manatee.
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