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Apr 2022
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What Next - Pennsylvania’s Nutty Senate ...

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Pennsylvania’s got a U.S. Senate seat up for grabs, and the primary is shaping up to be a showdown between moderate, establishment candidates and those on the fringes of each party. 

Guest: Jonathan Tamari, national political writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. 

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