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Why do so few clergy serve in Congress?

  • Written by Robert Speel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Erie Campus, Penn State
imageRev. Raphael G. Warnock delivers a eulogy at Ebenezer Baptist Church.Curtis Compton/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

While campaigning for Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, U.S. Rep. Doug Collins – a former pastor – attacked her opponent, Democrat Reverend Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, for his...

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