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14. Didn't claim he went fully "blue" in 2010

Reply to Jose Garcia (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 15, 2022, 10:21 PM

Feb 2022

But he definitely began trending that direction in 2010 by vetoing several high profile Republican bills passed in the legislature. By rebuking the Republican Party he was betting on the state trending more Democratic after Obama’s success and it hasn’t, the opposite actually.

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