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Monkey for Mayor from This Day in Esoteric Political History

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Joke Candidates - Susanna Salter

The first woman elected mayor in the united states was a joke. A town called rabbit hash, kentucky that has only ever had dog for mayor now rabbits. You're going to have a mule who is the governor in milton, washington. Through mosgo the dog, a black labrador, rotwiler, makes elected to the mayor of sanal california. It's crazy me though, like just thinking about the idea of not just anyone running, but an animal runnings - it blows my mind.

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