Lonna Rae Atkeson

Center for the Study of Voting, Elections, and Democracy

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Director of the Center for the Study of Voting, Elections, and Democracy at the University of New Mexico

Lonna Rae Atkeson on KCRW

Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton visited Los Angeles Monday to try to gin up new voters and campaign contributions.

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