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chicken coupons were not covered) and that the tactic had a subtext of racism. Working with Bock, in the capacity of
Campaign Coordinator, John Maurice Cromwell helped build a coalition of Green Party members, disaffected Democrats and Republicans (who had no candidate in the race) to defeat Harris. Bock was outspent by Harris by a margin of better than 16 to 1 ($ 550,000 to $ 33,000).
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