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A special election for Anthony Weiner's Congressional seat could become a flashpoint for national politics. And the seat could go away due to redistricting.


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Anthony Weiner would have been almost guaranteed to win reelection, were it not for the Twitter photo scandal and his subsequent resignation. The Takeaway's Todd Zwillich and Anna Sale, reporter for It's A Free Country, talk about the fallout that Weiner's resignation could have.

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