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The senator was so popular that she was reelected with as wide of a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.

(A) she was reelected with as wide of a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.

(B) she had been reelected with as wide of a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.

(C) having been reelected with as wide a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.

(D) she was reelected with as wide a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.

(E) she was reelected with as wide a margin than any candidate in the state’s history.

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In option D -> This comparison seems faulty -> as wide a margin as any candidate
Here are we not comparing margin to candidate?
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The senator was so popular that she was reelected with as wide of a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.

(A) she was reelected with as wide of a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.
(B) she had been reelected with as wide of a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.
(C) having been reelected with as wide a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.
(D) she was reelected with as wide a margin as any candidate in the state’s history.
(E) she was reelected with as wide a margin than any candidate in the state’s history.

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Correct idiomatic usage is : As X as Y

Correct answer must be (D) for the highlighted errors in the other options...
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Not a good quality question......

Even option D is faulty.....How one can compare Margin with Candidate?????????????
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Question stem looks faulty..cannot compare margin with candidate..

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I request to provide a valid explanation for this question. The senator should be compared to any other candidate as he can't be compared to himself. So I think we should use any other candidate in options. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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I request to provide a valid explanation for this question. The senator should be compared to any other candidate as he can't be compared to himself. So I think we should use any other candidate in options. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Ignoring the parallelism issue....

"Any" / "any other", both have a meaning problem - in either case the sentence implies that all candidates in the past won with the same margin, and the senator also won with the same margin.
The phrase "as wide a margin as any / any other candidate" means that the margin this time is same as the margin any time in the past. This also implies that the margin has been the same eveytime in the past.

The correct phrase could be "wider than", not "as wide as".
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The senator was so popular that she was reelected with as wide of a ma 22 Jun 2017, 07:30
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The answer is D
Although it also not entirely correct but is better than the rest
A wide as any candidate looks awkward.
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