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From the pulpit to politics, a record number of candidates of the cloth seek office as Democrats

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There are at least eight Democratic candidates for House and Senate this election cycle who are religious leaders or seminarians. Dana Bash examines why and whether contenders like James Talarico and Adam Hamilton are reaching some religious voters in red states who had written off the Democratic Party.

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