As a result, almost every pro-slavery candidate was elected to the new legislature.
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Even so, immigration remained a toxic issue in the Republican Party's primaries, in which almosteverycandidate vied to be tougher than the next on illegal immigration.
Mr Penn's strategy may have worked if the Democrats allocated all the delegates in each state to the winner (just as the electoral-college vote is awarded to the winning candidate in the general election in almostevery state).