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At the end of the debate, Davis pushed back against Brownback’s claim. “When I decided to get into this race I knew that Governor Brownback would run an ugly campaign of personal attacks, but I didn’t think the ads could get any sleazier,” Davis said. “I turned on my television this morning and I saw an ad that is running linking me to the Carr brothers’ murders. I knew one of the victims of the Carr brothers. Governor, you trying to exploit that terrible tragedy to help get reelected is disgraceful.”
Brownback has faced criticism for his own judicial choices: In August, he appointed Caleb Stegall, a first-year state court-of-appeals judge, to Kansas’s highest court. Stegall previously worked as general counsel for Brownback and for conservative group Americans for Prosperity, leading Davis to knock the pick as an example of Brownback’s rewarding a political ally over choosing someone with more judicial experience.
Much of the race has focused on debates over conservative policy choices, on taxes and social issues, that Brownback has made during his first term as governor. With less than two weeks to Election Day, the race in the heavily Republican state appears as close as ever: Real Clear Politics’ average of polls shows Brownback leading by less than one percentage point.