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Amy McGrath’s pathetic finish shows again that money can’t buy elections

By Washington Examiner
Published July 1, 2020 4:00am ET
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Amy McGrath’s pathetic finish shows again that money can’t buy elections
Democratic congressional candidate Amy McGrath speaks to supporters after conceding loss during an election night event in Richmond, Kentucky. | (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

How easily Democratic stars can be born! All it takes is a narrow, disappointing loss.

Beto O’Rourke rose to national fame and even got ideas about the presidency because he had narrowly lost a Senate race in 2018. Jon Ossoff’s overfunded House campaign in 2017 fell short in the Atlanta suburbs, and now, he has won his party’s nomination for Senate.

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