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Dick Wadhams, a former Colorado Republican Party chairman and Republican political consultant, said the congresswoman’s actual support may be slightly below 40%, but she is still the clear front-runner.
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"I know Joe will be criticized by a lot of Trump supporters, but he has to make it definitively clear that he does not endorse that and that he's making a play for unaffiliated voters. He's got to," Mr. Wadhams said. "Republicans only represent 23% of the electorate now. You can debate whether he should have been that strong or not, but I think that overall, it was the right thing for him to do."
