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Without a Kildee on the November ballot, Republicans have high hopes of winning a seat Democrats have held for more than half a century.

Michigan State Board of Education President Pamela Pugh is ending her U.S. Senate bid, so she can instead run to replace retiring Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint).

Voters re-elected Democrat Dan Kildee over his Republican challenger, Paul Junge. He succeeded his uncle, Dale Kildee, who held the seat for 36 years.

There’s been a Kildee representing this part of Michigan since 1977, starting with Dale Kildee. Dan Kildee succeeded his uncle in 2013.

Figurative knives were out in the third and final debate between Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and Republican Paul Junge in the race…