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36 year old Patrick Brown promised not to reopen the abortion debate, and dismissed a suggestion made by Elliott during the campaign that social conservatives would take over the party now that he’s leader.

“The first test of this leadership was to convince a majority of the members that I would be a pragmatic conservative that would lead our party to victory, and I think the size of my mandate here today proves that we’ve achieved that,” Patrick said.

 

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