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What Tuesday’s too-close-to-call elections mean for November

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What Tuesday’s too-close-to-call elections mean for November

Ohio Republican Troy Balderson carried on Tuesday night as if he had won the special House election, but his lead is thin over Democrat Danny O'Connor in a traditionally red district. In Kansas, Trump-backed GOP gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach has the smallest of leads over the state's Gov. Jeff Colyer. William Brangham talks with Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

08/08/2018

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