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How Bad Was It For Dems?

by David Kurtz
11.13.14 | 10:05 am

GOP used car salesman who didn’t raise any campaign money came from out of nowhere to defeat a seemingly entrenched Democratic leader that Republicans had bothered to challenge only once in 30 years.

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