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Pence courts conservative Catholics in California

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Nixon National Energy Conference at The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on April 19, 2023.

Former Vice President Mike Pence pledged to fight harder to limit abortion access and called for more religious people to get involved in politics at a gathering of more than 800 mostly Catholic conservatives in Napa Valley Thursday afternoon.

Pence, who's running for president, won't garner enough support at the to catapult him to the top of the primary field. Former President Donald Trump, who enjoys 52% of, remains the overwhelming favorite to secure the nomination. Pence has averaged just shy of in .

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