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WEST VIRGINIA BLUE
Do you want a Democratic senator who gets things done, even if he’s not a progressive purist? Or would you prefer a Republican?
Jill Lawrence is a writer, an editor and the author of The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock.
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