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Claire McCaskill: “And we have invested a lot of time in -- in rural Missouri. You know, Democrats in the state for too long have thought…”

On the recordOctober 30, 2006
And we have invested a lot of time in -- in rural Missouri. You know, Democrats in the state for too long have thought that, well, don't go to the country, because you get on defense, and there's no point, and we can do enough in the cities to make up for the margins in the country.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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Claire McCaskill discusses the importance of reaching out to rural voters in Missouri for her Senate campaign.

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