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Adam Smith: I went away for a weekend and came back after Labor Day, and there was a write-in going on, and 2 weeks later I was the…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
I went away for a weekend and came back after Labor Day, and there was a write-in going on, and 2 weeks later I was the person on the ballot with the most votes. But they were write-in votes.
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Adam Smith
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing the experience of receiving write-in votes during an election.

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