No matter who wins, we are winning

Tuesday marked the single biggest shift in American electoral representation since Watergate. Let’s also note the more gradual, but decisive shift locally: Every cycle, the people of Spokane do a better job representing ourselves.

By: Luke Baumgarten

Outlets: RANGE Media

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 2,167

Last Updated: 2 days, 21 hours ago

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“They’re all crooks.” That is the first political lesson I was ever given, by my father.

The year was 1992, I think, because the memory also involves an elfin man with an impish smile who danced across our TV screen at home for a few months, briefly enchanting our little clan (and a surprising number of other Americans) by buying a shitload of airtime and using it to host infomercials warning about the national debt. …

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