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| | What a long, strange trip this is turning out to be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | It's lunchtime in Rancho Cordova, Calif., and a candidate for governor is on a stage in a dark, cavernous room before an audience of 16 potential voters. |
 | | A 44-year-old painting contractor from Folsom, Mortensen spent $3,500 for his filing fee, $640 _ at $10 a word _ for his candidate's statement in the secretary of state's voter pamphlet and $414 for "a sport coat, some slacks, a nice shirt and some stupid-looking shoes." |
 | | Minnesota made it through the gubernatorial term of Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who was elected in 1998 with a resume whose highlight was his stint as a professional wrestler _ and actor in two Schwarzenegger films. |
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