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Article snippet: Sen. MORE (D-Ind.) and businessman and former state Rep. Mike Braun (R) clashed in their first Senate debate that was dominated by heated exchanges on health care, the Supreme Court confirmation fight and party leadership. Donnelly is running for a second term in a state that MORE won by 19 points in 2016. The Democratic senator highlighted his record of backing Trump’s agenda, while distancing himself from the Democratic Party. Braun continued to frame himself as a political outsider who’s running against someone he believes is a career politician who hasn’t delivered. Here are five takeaways from Monday night’s debate. Kavanaugh becomes major flashpoint The deeply partisan, bitter fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court quickly grabbed the spotlight, illuminating one of the biggest differences between Donnelly and Braun that isn’t going away anytime soon. Donnelly explained his vote against the confirmed Kavanaugh, who faced sexual assault allegations that he denied. Donnelly said he couldn’t support Kavanaugh over concerns about “impartiality and judicial temperament." Donnelly was one of the most-watched senators amid the Kavanaugh confirmation fight. Since saying he opposed his nomination, Braun has repeatedly hit him for what he believes is siding with Washington over Indiana. But Donnelly touted his vote for Trump’s first Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch, one of three Democratic senators to join Republicans in backing him. “I voted ag... Link to the full article to read more