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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Highlights from the debate between Dianne Feinstein and Kevin de León

    The two candidates for the California Senate race are current Senator Dianne Feinstein and former State Senate President Kevin de León. Both are Democrats.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 17, 2018 • 1 min read

    The two candidates for the California Senate race are current Senator Dianne Feinstein and former State Senate President Kevin de León. Both are Democrats. Today is likely to be their only debate before the November election.The debate was not particularly fiery.

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    4 of 5
    Why is the U.S. so tied to Saudi Arabia?
    1. 0:00Why does Trump continue defending Saudi Arabia?
    2. 2:12Yurok tribe makes millions selling carbon credits
    3. 18:03The big fight in Venice over a planned homeless shelter
    4. 26:58Highlights from the debate between Dianne Feinstein and Kevin de LeónYou’re reading this
    5. 38:40How the podcast ‘Serial’ influenced the Danish director of ‘The Guilty’
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