Tillis hit on local issues during debate

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DURHAM, N.C. — If Thom Tillis hoped his second debate with Sen. Kay Hagan would provide an opportunity to zoom out from fraught local topics like education policy to national issues, he did not get his wish.

Democrats see a path to re-election for Hagan, one of the most vulnerable incumbents in this midterm election cycle, by maintaining focus on the unpopular state legislature of which Tillis is House speaker.

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