Meanwhile, the mostly Democratic district's voting track record -- while helpful to 2000 Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore, who took the district with 53 percent of the vote -- did not guarantee a Higgins win.

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Dunn won 64 percent of the vote in 2000, but Al Gore narrowly carried the district with 49 percent.

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What did Brunswick District Attorney Rex Gore determine the cause of death to be two weeks later?

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