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dling of the state budget while in office.
• Rounds left office with a $127 million structural deficit and forced teachers to take a pay cut, Ravnsborg said.
• "Governor Rounds, I don't believe it's entirely accurate that you balanced the budget," he said.
• Then Bosworth asked Rounds: "How many years did you have to dip into the (budget) reserves?"
• Rounds said South Dakota law requires the state to balance its budget every year, which he did, and he said he helped create 28,000 private-sector jobs.
• --GENDER
• When the candidates were asked how they would compromise in order to make Congress more productive, Bosworth said she was the best qualified because she's the only female candidate.
• "Women think about things differently," she said. "Men think black and white. Women think in shades of gray."
• --MR. CLEAN
• Rhoden was the only candidate who didn't take a shot at Rounds, instead touting his 14 years in the Legislature as proof that he can go to Washington and work with Democrats. The four fundamental qualities GOP voters should look for in a candidate are integrity, conservative values, backbone and leadership skills, he said.
• "There are people in this race who have misrepresented the truth," Rhoden said.
• The five Republicans are seeking the party's nomination in the June 3 primary for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson.
• Sioux Falls business owner Rick Weiland is the lone Democratic candidate.
• Former U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler, former state lawmaker Gordon Howie and Clayton Walker are the independents on the November ballot.
• The debate, which was also streamed live online, will be rebroadcast on public radio on Monday.
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