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Daniela Altimari

Special elections in Utah, Rhode Island draw a glut of candidates - Roll Call

Corrected 4:42 p.m. | In a safe Republican district in Utah, 11 GOP candidates are running to succeed Rep. Chris Stewart, who will step down in September to care for his ailing wife.

In dependably blue Rhode Island, 15 Democrats are vying for the seat vacated earlier this month by Rep. David Cicilline, who took a job with a Providence-based nonprofit.

Neither contest has generated much interest among the party committees: The seats are unlikely to flip and they won’t change the balance of power in the House.

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