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McKenna takes on role of "general" with gusto
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| Last Edited | None Entered Feb 28, 2005 06:35am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Times |
| News Date | Sunday, February 27, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | McKenna, 42, was one of a handful of high-profile Republicans who managed to win office in an otherwise Democratic year. McKenna was the most popular Republican on the ballot, drawing more than 1.4 million votes, running ahead of President Bush by more than 100,000 votes.
It was doubly impressive because it was McKenna's first bid for statewide office and his Democratic challenger, Deborah Senn, had been elected insurance commissioner twice and defeated Mark Sidran, a popular former Seattle city attorney, for the Democratic nomination.
Conventional wisdom was that the centrist, easygoing Sidran would have given McKenna a tougher fight, and that Senn's past clashes with business interests hurt her.
"He drew the lucky card of running against probably the most unpopular Democrat on the ballot," says independent pollster Stuart Elway.
McKenna has had the golden touch with elections, going back to student-body president at the University of Washington, three terms as a Metropolitan King County Council member, and advising a number of winning candidates. |
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