Todd Akin faces 5 p.m. deadline to get out of Senate race as GOP waits
Todd Akin faces 5 p.m. deadline to get out of Senate race as GOP waits
Republican leaders are focused on a Tuesday afternoon deadline, hoping that Rep. Todd Akin (Mo.), the embattled Senate candidate who used the phrase ‘legitimate rape’ in talking about abortion and pregnancy, will heed their calls to get out of the race and preserve the GOP’s chances to take back the upper house.
Akin has said repeatedly that he has no intention of leaving the race, even as his prospects of winning have likely been diminished with Republican leaders pulling financial support from the contest and denouncing his comments.
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