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Title: Duke, a dog, wins third term as mayor
Post by: Blizzardnh on August 24, 2016, 10:50:54 am: CORMORANT, Minn. —Nine-year-old Duke, a Great Pyrenees, handily won another one-year term as mayor of the small northwestern Minnesota town of Cormorant, Detroit Lakes Online reports.

"I don't know who would run against him because he's done such great things for the community," Cormorant resident Karen Nelson told Detroit Lakes Online.

The locals say Duke has one of the highest approval ratings in the country.

"Everybody voted for Duke, except for one vote for his girlfriend, Lassie," Duke's owner David Rick said.

Detroit Lakes Online reports the dog was unavailable for an interview, but his media people said he's more than ready for a third term.

Duke was elected in 2014, when he defeated Richard Sherbrook, the owner of a local store, ABC News reported in 2014.

http://www.wlwt.com/duke-a-dog-wins-third-term-as-mayor/41323796
Title: Re: Duke, a dog, wins third term as mayor
Post by: geronl on August 24, 2016, 11:01:47 am: More qualified than Trump.
Title: Re: Duke, a dog, wins third term as mayor
Post by: Wingnut on August 24, 2016, 12:45:42 pm: Quote from: geronl on August 24, 2016, 11:01:47 am
More qualified than Trump.

No small Paw problem with Duke.
Title: Re: Duke, a dog, wins third term as mayor
Post by: r9etb on August 24, 2016, 02:51:04 pm: Quote from: Wingnut on August 24, 2016, 12:45:42 pm
No small Paw problem with Duke.

And he doesn't need sycophants to do his leg-humping for him, either.....

(OK, I'm ashamed of that.)
Title: Re: Duke, a dog, wins third term as mayor
Post by: Gefn on September 06, 2016, 11:27:39 am: Quote from: geronl on August 24, 2016, 11:01:47 am
More qualified than Trump.

I love stories like this. Like the cat who is mayor of a small town in Alaska. :)

Maybe we should just let our feline and canine friends rule. We might be happier.