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Heidi Heitkamp: “It's been a tough week for me because, you know, the political rhetoric is you can't vote that way if you expect to come…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2018
It's been a tough week for me because, you know, the political rhetoric is you can't vote that way if you expect to come back. And I tell people, Ray and Doreen Heitkamp didn't raise me to vote a certain way so that I could win. They raised me to vote the right way.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

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Heidi Heitkamp discusses the pressure she faces regarding her voting decisions and emphasizes the importance of voting based on principles rather than political survival.

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