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We want to recommend state Sen. Joe Nguyen with a hoot and a holler and a cavalry charge, but we’re backing him with a shrug and a prayer.

In the last few years the first-term state Senator helped push the infamously incremental chamber to the left. (We wrote a whole thing about it.) So when Nguyen announced his bid to challenge Dow Constantine, a three-term incumbent who exemplifies establishment politics, we were excited to see his vision for the county.

But so far, he’s mostly made a strong case for his continued service in the state Senate.

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