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In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of ‘spoiler’ candidates

In Alaska race, Trump targets a long, sometimes sordid political tradition of ‘spoiler’ candidates

President Donald Trump is calling for the prosecution of a Democratic Senate candidate. The candidate's campaign reportedly put a man with the same name as Alaska's Republican senator on the state's ballot. The incident appears to be linked to a "long, sometimes sordid" tradition of "spoiler" candidates in Alaska.

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