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James Carville

James Carville speaks at the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, Monday, June 26, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP

James Carville—a top Democratic strategist—admitted he was wrong about the 2024 election in a new opinion piece for The New York Times.

Carville, a Democratic political consultant, said in his Thursday opinion piece that he was “wrong” in thinking that Vice President Kamala Harris would win the election over now-President-elect Donald Trump. In the lead up to the election, Carville repeatedly predicted that Harris would clinch the White House.

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