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Old Bull Democrat Faces Stiff Test

by David Kurtz
04.20.12 | 1:25 pm

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), saddled with a new district that has a fraction of his former constituents and with a new California law that eliminated party primaries, is facing his first real challenge since being elected in 1972 election.

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