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« on: August 06, 2019, 06:55:26 PM » |
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Three years prior, in the midst of a GOP President at 20% approval in the state, a Republican almost flipped MA-05 (now numbered as MA-03) in a special election running on brokering a deal on CHIP, which was up for renewal and had become part of the usual DC gridlock. Base turnout was better though, Bush's unpopularity also helped them and the Democratic candidate had the benefit of her late husband's popularity in the state. Coakley had no such things to fall back on.
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