NEW BRUNSWICK — New Jersey’s candidates for governor, Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill, accused each other of deceitfulness during their second and final debate Wednesday. Throughout the hourlong back and forth, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, the candidates scolded one another: “Shame on you.”

Ciattarelli, referring to a Sherrill campaign ad’s claim that he intends to raise New Jersey’s 6.625% sales tax to 10%, said: “It’s a lie. It’s not true.”

Sherrill, a veteran Navy helicopter pilot, said Ciattarelli acted as though he wasn’t aware that his campaign allegedly had distributed her military records, with her Social Security number intact.

“Either he’s really incompetent or he’s lying,” she said.

Fill it up, please

On one key issue though, they agreed:

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