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Orange Jacobs: “Thus, while I was a hard man to beat, I was always beaten, fairly, or unfairly.”

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Thus, while I was a hard man to beat, I was always beaten, fairly, or unfairly.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs reflects on his political career, acknowledging the challenges he faced in elections.

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