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This Appalachian memoir author is running as a Democratic contrast to JD Vance

Beth Macy is challenging Rep. Ben Cline in a bright-red Virginia district, hoping her own story and the stories she told about the region will win back rural and working-class White voters

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This Appalachian memoir author is running as a Democratic contrast to JD Vance

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