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The wild, national politics-infused scene at the Carmel mayoral debate last night

The wild, national politics-infused scene at the Carmel mayoral debate last night

Plus: How the Indiana congressional delegation voted on the bid to vacate now-former Speaker Kevin McCarthy

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Adam Wren
Oct 03, 2023
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CARMEL, Ind.—The culture wars simmered. Nicknames fired across the stage. A candidate even invoked Donald Trump.

Less than a week ago, in picturesque Simi Valley, Calif., footsteps from the grave of the late Ronald Reagan, I sat on the grounds of the Reagan Library amid hundreds of national and international journalists, watching the second GOP presiden…

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