As reported by the Sacramento Bee:
Rep. Tom McClintock and challenger Art Moore sparred in an early morning debate Wednesday marked by fierce character attacks that generated audience groans but put some distance between the two Republicans.
It was still dark out when the candidates took to their lecterns for the hastily planned, 60-minute exchange before about 100 people at Auburn City Hall. The six-term incumbent from Elk Grove and political newcomer from Roseville, running to represent the Placer-county centered district, took questions from the crowd on issues ranging from the national debt to climate change to fire protection.
But it was issues of character and who has the better temperament to lead the rural district that incorporates Yosemite and Lake Tahoe and runs to Fresno that coursed through the forum. …
