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After Nebraska's smallest political party's U.S. Senate nominee withdrew from the race in July, the Legal Marijuana NOW Party did not put forward a replacement candidate before Tuesday's deadline, winnowing the field of potential challengers to Republican Sen. Deb Fischer down to one.

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