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Former Kansas City councilman Dan Cofran enters the rac

By Frank Morris

Kansas City, MO – Dan Cofran says he feels compelled to run for congress, to try to change the direction Republicans are taking the country. But, by the time the former city councilman officially enters the fifth district race in coming days he may find him self in a very competitive situation, one in some ways resembling an election he lost 9 years earlier.

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