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Baltimore Mayoral Debate Forum Held Tuesday

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- The race for mayor of Baltimore is heating up. WJZ is helping you decide who is best for our city.

A mayoral forum was held Tuesday. Vic Carter was the moderator.

Meghan McCorkell has more on the questions and answers from the candidates.

The leading six Democratic candidates squared off at the University of Baltimore and there were a lot of jabs thrown at the front runners.

The front-runners in the race for City Hall are pushing for votes in the final weeks leading up to the primary election.

"I'm excited about moving our city forward, not backward," said Senator Catherine Pugh.

"I know what it takes to run a successful city," said former Mayor Sheila Dixon.

In a mayoral forum at the University of Baltimore moderated by Vic Carter, candidates made several jabs at the front-runners.

"Senator Pugh, for instance, it's been reported that she has received funds from people who don't have any money who say, `If I had that kind of money, I'd be in Mexico,'" said Elizabeth Embry.

"When Miss Dixon was graduated to mayor, we saw an increase in police brutality as well as civilian complaints against our police force," said Councilman Nick Mosby.

Dig after dig---the fireworks continued throughout the debate.

"The politicians in this race are simply not getting the job done," said David Warnock.

"It's certainly got a lot livelier today than it has been in the past," said Carl Stokes.

A recent Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore poll showed State Senator Catherine Pugh in a dead heat against former Mayor Sheila Dixon. Both women were on the offensive today.

"It was really interesting being in this position because I've not been attacked like that before," Pugh said.

"It's unfortunate that several candidates, particularly Nick Mosby, he's really telling blatant lies to the public. He should focus on the issues at hand," Dixon said.

It's a claim Councilman Mosby denies.

"I would be really interested to see empirical data in which that took place," he said.

And with weeks to go to win votes, the war of words is expected to continue.

With a large percentage of voters saying they are still undecided in the mayoral race, it's still anyone's game.

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