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Democratic Gubernatorial Debate Turns Nasty
CHICAGO (AP) -- Monday night's final debate between Gov. Pat Quinn and his Democratic primary opponent, Dan Hynes, was easily the nastiest.

Their meeting at Chicago's WTTW-TV could more accurately be called a brawl. The personal attacks got even more personal and the two men frequently raised their voices to talk over each other.

The campaign has taken on a harsh tone since Hynes aired a campaign ad that featured video of late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington talking about why he removed Quinn as the city's revenue director more than 20 years ago.

Hynes maintains the ad is relevant to Quinn's job performance -- then and now.

But Quinn says he resigned from the city post in 1987 because others in the Washington administration wanted him to take unethical actions.

The governor has repeatedly chastised Hynes for using the video of Washington because Hynes' father left the Democratic party in a bid to try to unseat Washington.

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