Washington State Democrats win SOS office for the first time in 60 years.

[RandySF]

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[Cha]

1. Brilliant! TY nt

[Wounded Bear]

2. TBH though, the repub who ran it before wasn't that bad...

It's not like she was an election denier or anything. But since she got snatched up by Biden to work at the Fed level, I voted D on this one too.

[grantcart]

5. And before that Sam Reed was great

He allowed the King County ballots in that have the Governor House to a Dem

[gopiscrap]

6. Ralph Monroe before Reed was also good

and from what I heard so L Ludlow Kramer. The Repub Sec of Sec in Washington have been pretty good, but of course I always voted for the Democrat

[grantcart]

7. I knew all 3

[gopiscrap]

8. I knew Ralph Monroe and Ralph Reed.

Met Monroe when I was running for US Congress and met Reed one time when I was in the Sec of State office showing them where my campaign pin was. I was too young and still in Germany when Kramer was in office

[grantcart]

9. Ralph or Sam?

Ralph went to our church and his County prosecutors race was my first experience in politics. Their parents lived only a few blocks from my home. They were wonderful Eisenhower Republicans.

Kramer was a wild one. I heard he went to the national convention he was chasing skirt the whole time. I drove Kramer around Spokane one day and there was an event in a Church and I was quite embarrassed that there were so few people and apologized. He said nonsense 132 people (he had counted) in the middle of the afternoon was a great number, the problem was we had it in the sanctuary so everyone was spread out.

First rule of politics is always get a room that is a bit too small so people are wedged together with some standing, it magnifies the number and people feel the enthusiasm.

Where did you run?

[gopiscrap]

11. I love your story

and I meant Sam. I know exactly what you mean about getting a room smaller than the amount of folks you expect.

I ran for US Congress from the left against our DINO Rep Norm Dicks 1990. I was supposed to get about 6% of the vote I got 35% in a three way race. I also took an electoral yard sing case up to the Wa Supreme Court and won 9-0 the decision is

Collier et al vs- City of Tacoma 1993

[Johnny2X2X]

3. This was an historic election for Dems

We did things in these midterms not seen but once or twice in a hundred years.

Just remarkable.

[SheltieLover]

4. Yaaaaaay!

[onetexan]

10. Impressive!!