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Republican candidates for Massachusetts lieutenant governor meet for debate

Republican candidates for lieutenant governor Leah Cole Allen and Kate Campanale meet at WBUR's CitySpace at 11 a.m. Monday to make a case to voters ahead of the September primary. Whoever wins the Republican primary will be on the general ticket in November.

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