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Elections
Trail Mix: Sen. Tim Scott Broke the One Rule of Shadow Campaigns
FALSE START
Launching a presidential “exploratory committee” gives would-be candidates lots of benefits—but strict rules. The South Carolina GOP senator broke one out of the gate.
Jake Lahut
Politics Reporter
Published
Apr. 14 2023
4:29AM EDT
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters
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