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Why did Abraham Lincoln lose the election in 1858

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Because he disagreed with Stephen Douglass and sported Wilmot Proviso, who sought to ban slavery in new territory
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I think the answer on edge nuity is D. Democrats won a majority in the Illinois legislature.
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