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BOSTON (CBS) All five candidates running for governor of Massachusetts met in their first debate televised in Boston Tuesday night at the WBZ-TV studios. <\/p>\n
Republican Charlie Baker, Democrat Martha Coakley and independent candidates Evan Falchuk, Scott Lively, and Jeff McCormick faced off in a wide ranging discussion moderated by WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller. <\/p>\n
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The candidates started off by sparring over what went wrong in the current Patrick administration and how they plan to fix it. <\/p>\n
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Baker and Coakley, who are locked in a dead heat according to the latest WBZ-TV-UMass Amherst poll, argued over the failures of the Department of Children and Families and the botched state Health Connector web site. <\/p>\n
Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley at the WBZ-TV debate, Oct. 7, 2014. (WBZ-TV) <\/p>\n
An ad by a pro-Baker super PAC that claimed Coakley opposed DCF reforms came up in the debate as well, but Falchuk jumped in criticizing them for having an argument over super PACs and not focusing enough on protecting children. <\/p>\n
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