Candidate withdrawal cuts GOP House advantage

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Southeast Missouri lawmaker's sudden decision drop his re-election bid has thrown an unknown factor into the electoral mathematics of the Republican Party's efforts to win control of the House of Representatives.

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