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WATCH: Advice for Democrats running in rural districts

By Staff Reports

February 23, 2025
We can’t win races we don’t compete in. On a new Cornhole Champions podcast, an honest conversation about what that costs, and why Jess Piper of Blue Missouri did it anyway.

Video created: Feb. 23, 2025

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