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LEXINGTON - Once the focus of Monday's Democratic Senate debate shifted from issues to the state of the race, some of the ire raised earlier in the campaign re-emerged in earnest.

Discussion inevitably turned towards the ad released by the campaign of Louisville businessman Greg Fischer that revived charges of past business impropriety against front-running Democrat and Louisville businessman, Bruce Lunsford.

Fischer's ad drew ire from several prominent Kentucky Democrats, including U.S. Congressman John Yarmuth (D-Louisville) and Lieutenant Governor Daniel Mongiardo (D-Hazard). Those two were signatories on a letter asking Fischer to stop running the "attack" ads.

During Monday's debate, Fischer defended his decision to run the ad and to target Lunsford's history.