It's been a teeter-totter in the county the last decade - swinging back between the Republicans and Democrats depending on the circumstances of the moment.

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If we were sitting here six months ago doing the postmortem on the last session and bringing out our legislative splash to test the blood on the streets, it was very fractious. Definitely, the governor's staff determined it was a no-win situation to declare war and go toe to toe with the legislature.

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