During Monday night’s candidate forum on KDNK, featuring Bob Rankin, incumbent Republican Senator for District 8, and Democratic challenger Karl Hanlon, a question from the audience took both men by surprise. But, their responses revealed a deeper sense of what political office is all about.
Rankin, Hanlon on Lauren Boebert and Real Politics
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