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  "site": "https://www.nytimes.com",
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    "United States Politics and Government",
    "Elections, House of Representatives",
    "Redistricting and Reapportionment",
    "Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel)",
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    "House of Representatives",
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    "Jordan, Jim (1964- )",
    "Menendez, Robert",
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  "textContent": "J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to the special counsel Jack Smith, who led two prosecutions of President Trump, plans to seek election to a newly drawn district in Northern and Central Virginia.",
  "title": "Fired Former Trump Prosecutor to Run for Congress in Virginia as a Democrat"
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