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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Democratic challenger Paul Davis sparred over education, taxes, economic development and more during their second debate, before 250 business leaders Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Overland Park.

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Overland Park All three candidates for governor faced each other Friday during a debate in Johnson County, answering questions about tax policy, economic development, education funding and a variety of issues.

For the most part, though, the major candidates stuck to their key talking points, with Republican Gov. Sam Brownback boasting that his tax cuts are producing economic growth, while Rep. Paul Davis, the Democratic candidate from Lawrence, promised to restore cuts in base aid to public schools that have occurred under the Brownback administration.

Meanwhile, Libertarian candidate Keen Umbehr used the debate to promote his "fair tax" that would eliminate income taxes for everyone and replace them with a statewide consumption tax.

The candidates also tailored their remarks to the Johnson County audience, especially when criticizing each other.

"Rep. Davis talks about more money for schools, but he's not talking about your schools. He is talking about your money," Brownback said, suggesting that Johnson County as a whole accounts for a large percentage of all the taxes paid into the state and therefore helps subsidize the school budgets of less populous, less wealthy areas.

Davis fired back, saying Johnson County has suffered under the education cuts, which he blamed on Brownback's policy of cutting taxes.

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Judge Patrick Kelley denied GOP attorneys' appeal of a State Board of Elections decision to allow Chad Grimm of Peoria on the ballot. His name will appear alongside those of Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner.

The GOP attorneys had challenged the validity of the voter signatures gathered by several Libertarian petition circulators. Grimm, a fiscal conservative who advocates minimalist government, could draw votes that otherwise would go to Rauner in what's expected to be a close race.

Kelley found that the evidence supported the board's decision, noting that the court could overturn it "only if it finds the rulings are clearly erroneous."

Illinois GOP attorney John Fogarty had argued that thousands of signatures were invalid because they were illegible, not genuine and because petition circulators didn't reside at their stated addresses.

While approving the Libertarian's candidacy, the board ruled that Green, Constitution and Independent party candidates should not be on the ballot because the parties gathered too few valid signatures. Democratic Party attorneys had challenged the validity of the signatures for the Green candidate, who could have taken votes away from Quinn.

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Sangamon County Circuit Judge Patrick Kelley heard arguments in which the GOP attorneys questioned the validity of signatures Libertarian candidates gathered to get on the ballot.

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