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Congressional Candidate Who Quit in Email Now Says It Was Staffer Misfire

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”I don’t enjoy the life of a politician,” Aditya Pai wrote in the email he says was not supposed to go public.

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A picture of the U.S. Capitol. Democratic Congressional hopeful Aditya Pai announced he is suspending his campaign, “Pai for Congress,” due to “a lack of joy.”
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