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It is always a sad event when a candidate for political office is unopposed, regardless of party. If there is no opposition, how will the issues facing the country be addressed? I suspect that the lack of a Democratic candidate for Mr. Warner’s seat was owing to the high cost of running a successful campaign against a well known senatorial incumbent. We need campaign reform if we are to have a healthy political process.
Second, in an earlier exchange of letters, Mr. Sweet and I discussed
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