Cheryl Bly-Chester passed on word that Dennis McMahon passed away on September 11th last year.
Along with both Cheryl and myself, Dennis McMahon was one of the 135 candidates running for California Governor in 2003. He was a Republican running a mostly single-issue campaign promoting school vouchers and school choice. Ideologically, Dennis and I were at polar opposites. Nevertheless, Dennis was a nice man, as he had occasion to prove....
In 2003, all of us gubernatorial candidates were invited to appear on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show". NBC reserved two seats for each of us: one for the candidate and one for a guest. Dennis’ daughter wasn’t able to attend, and he had an extra seat available. Meanwhile, two of my cousins eagerly came up to Burbank from Oceanside to attend, so I had an extra guest. Dennis graciously escorted one of my cousins into the studio so we all were able to get seats. I thought it was a small-scale example of what we alternative candidates represented in the 2003 Recall Election: how we Californians can all get along, despite our beliefs.
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