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Republicans are playing defense - and it’s costing them

Republicans are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising in battleground Senate races as they scramble to defend increasingly competitive GOP seats in the final stretch of the midterms.

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Cable News Network· Oct 14, 10:00 AMRepublicans are playing defense - and it’s costing them

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