Candidate Confessional - Defeated Politicians Tell All

Clay Aiken On His 2014 Congressional Campaign

04.25.2016 - By HuffPostPlay

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When Clay Aiken ran for Congress in 2014, most people assumed it was a vanity project: a former American Idol star trying to hack it in politics. But the campaign became defined by incredibly sensitive issues, from being a gay man in the south to an unexpected death on the trail. Aiken relives his run on this week's episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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