Not in democrat controlled King County, WA. In my county, the democrat
party elects the leaders - even if they lose at first. It happened in 2000
with Senator Maria Cantwell, elected by post election conspiracy between
King County and the Sierra Club, and it happened again in 2004 in the
Governor's race. If at first you don't succeed count again, and again,
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