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Whitman, Brown tangle over maid, slur in debate

Vince Coglianese Contributor
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Gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown made a critical pitch to millions of undecided California voters Tuesday in their final televised debate, battling over controversies including her hiring of an undocumented maid and the use of a sexist slur by a member of his campaign staff.

Democrat Brown and Republican Whitman also tangled over pension reform and whether to cut the capital gains tax in a contentious, sometimes angry, exchange at Dominican University in San Rafael.

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