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Black Republican seeking swing House seat set for RNC speech

by Associated Press
| August 26, 2020 9:03 AM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black conservative running for Congress in Utah is set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. Burgess Owens is in a race that could test GOP’s ability to recapture the suburban districts that powered 2018’s blue wave and gave Democrats control of the House.

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