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In key Congressional race, Republicans criticize Democrat's Central Valley real estate deal
When the federal government closed Castle Air Force Base in Merced County in the 1990s, the dilapidated buildings and vast expanse of aging tarmac left behind seemed more like a liability than an opportunity. But by 2018, the old runways that once carried …