There were big exchanges about the state’s famously high taxes, President Donald Trump , and immigration policy as the running mates in New Jersey’s closely watched governor’s race gathered Tuesday night for their lone debate .

And the contenders to become the state’s new lieutenant governor — Dale Caldwell , the Democrat running with Mikie Sherrill, and Jim Gannon , the Republican running with Jack Ciattarelli — also gave us something unexpected in these divisive political times: an old-school, issue-centric, civil conversation.

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