
Susan Page @SusanPage
A legendary pol: By 1980, L. Brooks Patterson was so popular & his name so well known that a 25-year-old mental patient, Alfred Lawrence Patterson, won the GOP primary for a Congressional seat by listing his name on the ballot as L. Patterson. (He lost the general election.) #RIP — PolitiTweet.org
Ron Fournier @ron_fournier
Note to national political writers of a certain age, inc @RonBrownstein @JohnKingCNN @adamnagourney … https://t.co/bL6zoe448Y