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

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

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