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Battleground state with few combatants – why Pennsylvania’s primaries lack competition

  • Written by Kristin Kanthak, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
imagePennsylvania is only 1 of 13 American states that holds closed primary elections.REBECCA DROKE/AFP Collection via Getty Images

At a time when hard-fought primary elections in Georgia, Kentucky and Indiana and Ohio are making national news, perennial battleground Pennsylvania seems to be nodding through one of the sleepiest primary seasons in a long...

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