The four candidates vying to represent District 17 in the state senate next year fielded questions on topics ranging from education to industry to gun control during a debate Tuesday at the Mississippi University for Women.
An audience filling roughly half of the 200 seats in Poindexter Hall listened as Bill Canon, Bill Gavin, Bobby Patrick and Chuck Younger presented their platforms and discussed their plans if elected to represent a majority of Lowndes County in the next legislative session.
Nathan Gregory covers city and county government for The Dispatch.
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