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Closed minds prevent open primaries

Por: The Times-Tribune Opinion April 05, 2023

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A good measure of the hubris produced by state lawmakers endowing their committee chairmen with too much power is that Republican state Sen. Cris Dush of Cameron County, one such... + full article



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