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Once more unto the breach

A former Michigan legislator returns to politics to take on Tlaib

Phil Cavanagh, the son of a former Detroit mayor, argues that Tlaib is too radical to be an ‘effective representative’

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State Rep. Phil Cavanagh, center, speaks during the press conference in Detroit, Mich.

Former Michigan state Rep. Phil Cavanaugh thought he was done with politics after a failed bid for Wayne County executive close to a decade ago. 

But the state’s newly drawn congressional map led the Detroit native to come out...

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