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  • David Axelrod
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    David Axelrod, a former senior advisor to President Obama, is director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics and host of The Axe Files podcast

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  • Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris tours an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) training facility on September 7, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - Harris will visit on September 7, 2020 an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Training Facility and speak with IBEW members and Wisconsin labor leadership. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo by KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Kamala Harris faces unique challenges in the VP debate