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In race to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene , candidates steer clear of Trump rift

| Courtesy of Reagan Box Reagan Box, one of 12 Republican candidates running to replace former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia, poses with her dog. Loading… Reagan Box didn’t plan to become the Door Dash candidate. But when she quit her job as a horse trainer to launch her congressional campaign, Ms. Box needed a way to keep paying the bills. And as she began delivering food around the northwest Georgia district that, until three months ago, was represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, she realized it wasn’t a bad way to get to know voters. “I keep hearing, ‘I’ve never seen anyone willing to do this to run for office,’” says Ms. Box. “And doing that has given me insight into the struggles and failures within all this – stuff that most people would never experience.” The 17 candidates competing in Tuesday’s special election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District run the gamut from a trash hauler to a hot dog slinger. The large field reflects a somewhat splintered Republican coalition, as former Representative Greene keeps lobbing a steady stream of criticism against her onetime ally, President Donald Trump. Ms. Box, who says she was named after President Ronald Reagan

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