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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican incumbent and his Democratic challenger for Kansas' 4th Congressional District exchanged barbs and attacked the character of the other in their first debate of the general election.

The Wichita Eagle , which sponsored the debate with television station KPTS, reported that Rep. Ron Estes started Friday by pointing to a 2001 incident in which challenger James Thompson pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct for punching a bar patron while Thompson was working as a bouncer. Thompson said the man hit him first.

Estes also brought up a 2000 report that claimed T...