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Candidate Makes Tough Call, Abandons Himself?

by Josh Marshall
10.16.14 | 1:17 pm

It’s one of the brutal and inevitable parts of a campaign – late in the cycle when party committees on both sides made the hard to decisions on which candidates to double down on and which to abandon and cut loose. But I think this may be the first time a Senate candidate has decided to cut himself loose. And three weeks out!

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