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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Cara Zelaya, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Subscribe to...
by Daily Kos Elections
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on Thu Jun 30, 2022 at 05:00 AM PDT
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun...
by Daily Kos Elections
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I live in Ok and we have a candidate running for Attorney General. Mark Myles is a Democrat who reminds you of Barack: Black/Slim and smart as a whip.
I have tried to hold a fund raiser for him on OCt 14 — I this is way too close to the election but...
by bonitamia
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on Thu Sep 20, 2018 at 07:09 AM PDT
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It wasn't that long ago. Ronald Reagan became President during those years, but the Attorney General in Oklahoma from 1979 to 1983 was a hard-nosed, uncompromising, principled, old school progressive,
by LeftOfYou
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on Mon Oct 20, 2014 at 06:00 AM PDT
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A map of this year's attorneys general races
State attorneys general elections are almost always overshadowed by gubernatorial, Senate, and House races, but they are incredibly important. State ...
by Jeff Singer
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on Sun Jul 27, 2014 at 01:29 PM PDT
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