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Photos: Anchorage Chamber Mayoral Runoff Debate

With a little over a week until the Anchorage mayoral election, candidates Ethan Berkowitz and Amy Demboski sparred in their first head-to-head debate Monday over the Knik Arm bridge project, labor contracts and gay rights legislation.

More than 200 people attended the lunchtime debate hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, and the candidates sought to emphasize their business experience while attacking their opponent's. Demboski dismissed Berkowitz as being a "political strategist" instead of a business manager, while Berkowitz questioned how Demboski's experience managing dental practices would translate into negotiating complex labor contracts.

The format consisted of three mini-debates, with time for each candidate to ask the other questions and offer rebuttals. Moderator Steve Johnson, head coach of the University of Alaska Anchorage debate team, referred to it as "the Twitter version of the Lincoln-Douglas debates."

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