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Will the Crowded Field to Fill Boxer's Senate Seat Confuse Voters?
There are 34 candidates running to fill Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, but only the top two Democrats and three Republicans will be included Monday night in the first debate of the race. That means 29 candidates will likely be unfamiliar to most voters.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThere are 34 candidates running to fill Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat, but only the top two Democrats and three Republicans will be included Monday night in the first debate of the race. That means 29 candidates will likely be unfamiliar to most voters. Although California is a solidly Democratic state when it comes to the Senate, polls says that somewhere between a third and half of voters are undecided.
