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O-No! Oprah, Beyonce, And Taylor Swift Don’t Deliver For Democrats

Emily Zanotti

Celebrities pounded the pavement for Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterms but failed to pull Democratic candidates over the line in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee.

Oprah Winfrey hit the campaign trail for the first time in 2018, stumping for Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams, knocking on doors, and giving speeches for Abrams in the closing days of the cycle. She declared Abrams the harbinger of a new generation of political candidates, and threw her support behind the Georgia Democrat, alongside former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

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