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applegrove

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Fri Jul 20, 2018, 05:11 PM Jul 2018

House GOP Desperate to Localize the Midterms

https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/20/house-gop-desperate-to-localize-the-midterms/

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James Hohmann: “To save the Republican House majority, the Congressional Leadership Fund is focusing on a salmon hatchery in Seattle, a gas tax increase in Sacramento and an opioid epidemic in Syracuse.”

“The super PAC, which House GOP leaders have endorsed and raise money for, has field offices in 34 districts. With the help of polling and focus groups, strategists identified local issues in each one that they believe will motivate people who don’t typically vote in midterm elections or persuade swing voters to support a Republican incumbent for reelection even if they disapprove of President Trump.”

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House GOP Desperate to Localize the Midterms (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2018 OP
Hang Trump around their necks - every damn one of them dalton99a Jul 2018 #1
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