Around this time in 1938, Washington state politics got really, really weird, when the Governor and Lieutenant Governor raced to return to the state to block each other.
If you've read the negative reviews about last week's debate, know that there are other stories of candidate face-offs gone wrong in the history books - like the one in Arkansas that left the audience all wet.
In this week's episode we get into the primary free-for-all, from three towns that all want to be the first to vote first in the nation; to the dozens of lesser-known names on the primary ballot and what exactly they're doing there.
I went national again! Another story of mine ran on NPR's Weekend Edition this morning! It's about the door-to-door campaigning some presidential candidates do when they're in New Hampshire, and the "political two-way street" they walk with local pols.