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Unconventional candidates win state primaries across nation
In a coast-to-coast March primaries results show Millicent Fenwick winning New Jersey GOP Senate nomination, facing Frank Lautenberg. California sees Edmund Brown Jr. and Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley win Democratic bids for Senate and governor respectively. Bradley could become the first black governor, a historic milestone tempered by past Louisiana leadership.
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Millicent Fenwick
Lacey Davenport
Harrison Williams
Fenwick
California
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Hayakawa
Brown
Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
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Millicent
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San Diego
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Jerry Brown
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Bradley
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Tom Bradley
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