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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Alabama Senate primary and the future of the GOP

    Roy Moore’s victory over Luther Strange in the Alabama Senate primary has many conservatives bracing for a battle. Moore’s victory could mean more challenges for mainstream Republicans. And it will surely make Mitch McConnell’s job keeping the Senate GOP in line much harder.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 28, 2017 • 1 min read

    Roy Moore’s victory over Luther Strange in the Alabama Senate primary has many conservatives bracing for a battle. Moore’s victory could mean more challenges for mainstream Republicans. And it will surely make Mitch McConnell’s job keeping the Senate GOP in line much harder.

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    3 of 5
    College basketball scandal heats up
    1. 0:00College basketball scandal heats up
    2. 8:40UC Irvine medical school controversy
    3. 16:06Alabama Senate primary and the future of the GOPYou’re reading this
    4. 24:24Unrest offers a personal experience of chronic pain
    5. 41:15Is the US national anthem racist?
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