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Tennessee's Ford Joins Race for House Minority Leader

Published November 8, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Three candidates emerge to replace Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO) as House minority leader. Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) joins congressional veterans Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). NPR's Bob Edwards discusses Democratic leadership with professor Jack Pitney of California's Claremont McKenna College.

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