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Sen. Blanche Lincoln from Arkansas is one of several incumbents embroiled in a tough primary fight today, a race her state’s political establishment now expects her to lose. Monica Potts asked whether Lincoln’s challenger, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, stood a chance in the general election.

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Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent for The Week, an economics and climate reporter for ThinkProgress, and has written for the policy journal Democracy.