Regarding the theory of Democratic voter crossover steamrolling fugitive Jack Shepard to election victory in the Republican primary for US Congressional District 4. Never mind.
It's going to be Patrice Bataglia (R) vs. Betty McCollum (DFL) on Nov. 2, 2004.
MN Congressional District 4 has been held by the Democrats for an appalling 56 consecutive years. In 1948 that young whippersnapper Eugene McCarthy upset the one term Republican incumbent Edward Devitt. All those long years ago, St. Paulites were the first to go clean for Gene. And since 2000 they've been Petty for Betty.
But there are signs St. Paul has been drifting ever so slightly to the right over the past few years (vague, hazy signs, but signs, if you're really, really looking). Plus, population flight away from the rotting urban core and into the leafy suburbs has caused Congressional District 4 to metastasize into the frontiers of Republican strongholds Washington and Dakota counties.
Could this be the year St. Paul shocks the world by throwing off the shackles of the Democratic machine once and for all? Probably not. But we can dare to dream. Go Patrice, Go. (Go get a campaign Web site, you're in the big time now).
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