Vote in Republican leader from Alabama who had family issues (7)

I believe the answer is:

electra

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'vote in republican leader from alabama who had family issues' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'vote in republican leader from alabama' is the wordplay.
'vote in' becomes 'elect' (I've seen this before).
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation).
'leader from' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'leaders from' mean this).
The first letter of 'alabama' is 'a'.
'elect'+'r'+'a'='ELECTRA'

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(Other definitions for electra that I've seen before include "Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (who has a complex?)" , "heroine of Greece" , "Greek tragedy" , "female in tragedy" , "Complex parallel to Oedipus" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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