Candidates square off in second debate of Nevada governor's race

[Judi Lynn]

Candidates square off in second debate of Nevada governor's race
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer

Monday, October 9, 2006

(10-09) 20:22 PDT LAS VEGAS, (AP) --

Democrat Dina Titus accused Republican Rep. Jim Gibbons of running from his record Monday night while Gibbons portrayed Titus as a liberal primed to expand Nevada government.

The matchup at Bally's hotel-casino got off to a lively start when Independent American candidate Christopher Hansen jumped on stage to protest his exclusion from the major party debate.
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But Gibbons, repeating a charge in his ads dubbing his opponent "Dina Taxes," painted the state senate minority leader as a tax-and-spender planning to squander the state's expected surplus.


"Well, you just heard it. She going to spend every penny with those costs," Gibbons said, after Titus outlined her education priorities.
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Dina Thomas, Jim Gibbons