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maxsolomon

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38. I don't think he wants it anymore.

Mon Sep 26, 2022, 11:41 AM

Sep 2022

Jay's 71 and I think he loves being back in the PNW after so many terms in DC. He might even run for a 4th term; he'd have my vote. Stability, competence, and no drama.

Maybe he'd take a Sec of the Interior position, but it's really pretty out here.

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