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[–] 2 points 2 years ago*

It should be the objective case because it's an object of the verb "put up", not because it heads the phrase "whomever the dems put up". Who/whom has to do with its role in its own phrase, not the larger sentence/clause. Contrast "I will vote for whoever wins the dem nomination."

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