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The 15th-term congressman will face a Republican film producer after they both advanced in a nonpartisan House primary in Southern California.
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Republicans hoped the acting attorney general's vow that the administration was "not moving forward" with a fund for people claiming to be victimized by the government would unlock the votes.
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Aaron Flint defeated three other Republicans, including Christi Jacobsen, the Montana secretary of state.
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Senator Steve Daines withdrew his candidacy for re-election moments before the filing deadline, and then endorsed Kurt Alme in what appeared to be a coordinated swap to preclude competition.
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Representative Hinson, a third-term lawmaker, was the favorite of Republican leaders and donors. The general election is expected to be unusually competitive.
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Ms. Bennett, a Democrat, will compete in November against Mr. Kean, the incumbent Republican, who has been sidelined for months by a mysterious health condition.
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Some Republicans outside polling sites acknowledged how strange it felt to cast a ballot for Representative Thomas Kean Jr., who has not been seen in public for months.
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(First column, 5th story, link)
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Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a Republican who has been absent from Congress and the campaign trail since March, suggested it could be weeks before he returned to work.
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Ironically, though, the former president did not join any of the Republican presidential primary debates.
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