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  Frye phenomenon part of 'sea change'
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News DateSaturday, November 20, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
Description The outcome of the San Diego mayor's race may rest with the courts, but this much is certain: Donna Frye's write-in candidacy, which cut a swath through our politics like a tornado, is the latest sign of a steady shift in the political power base in America's seventh-largest city.

Frye's candidacy uprooted conventional wisdom and drew international attention. Regardless of whether she takes over as mayor, she exposed a deep vein of public dissatisfaction with business as usual and made most political prognosticators look silly.

It makes sense that she drew international media. To the outside world, it is a stunning proposition that a left-leaning Democrat – a product of the Southern California beach culture – might oust a sitting Republican mayor. As a write-in, no less.
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