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Senator O'Mara to appear later tonight on YNN's 'Capital Tonight'
Thomas F. O'Mara
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Senator O'Mara will appear later tonight on YNN's "Capital Tonight" to discuss the push -- and his opposition to it -- for implementing a statewide system of taxpayer-financed political campaigns.
The show airs beginning at 8:00 p.m.
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