In Senate race debate, Tina Smith, Karin Housley split over health care, immigration

In their first debate, Democratic U.S. Sen. Tina Smith and GOP state Sen. Karin Housley on Thursday clashed over issues ranging from health care and immigration to the nation’s partisan divide.

Both agreed, however, that Polymet’s copper and nickel mine, which the state said earlier Thursday can proceed, would help the economy of northern Minnesota.

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