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Elections
The Blue Wave Happened Because Republicans Were Inattentive and Lazy
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Of course Trump didn’t help. That’s a given. But too many Republicans paid no attention to local issues and just tried to coast.
Liz Mair
Published
Dec. 25 2018
9:48PM EST
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