CONWAY — With the election now less than three weeks away, Kelly Ayotte came to town Tuesday, looking to get her message out to voters.
The Republican gubernatorial candidate squared off at 10 a.m. in a televised debate with her Democratic opponent, Joyce Craig at the Valley Vision studios in Center Conway.
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