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Blast From Past — Ramaro

Duane Rasmussen, left, and Lance Amaro chat during a lull in the traffic at the corner of Appleway and U.S. 95 in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday, May 23, 2006 while campaigning for opposing candidates, Judge John Mitchell and Amaro's wife, challenger Rami Amaro.  Other candidates and supporters held signs around Kootenai County Tuesday, primary election day in Idaho.    Jesse Tinsley The SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Duane Rasmussen, left, and Lance Amaro chat during a lull in the traffic at the corner of Appleway and U.S. 95 in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday, May 23, 2006 while campaigning for opposing candidates, Judge John Mitchell and Amaro's wife, challenger Rami Amaro. Other candidates and supporters held signs around Kootenai County Tuesday, primary election day in Idaho. Jesse Tinsley The SPOKESMAN-REVIEW (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

As a little treat this afternoon, let's take go back in time to the May 2006 primary when attorney Rami Amaro tried to unseat District Judge John Mitchell. Here, Duane Rasmussen, left, and Lance Amaro chat during a lull in the traffic at the corner of Appleway and U.S. 95 in Coeur d'Alene while campaigning for opposing candidates, Judge John Mitchell and Amaro's wife, challenger Rami Amaro. Mitchell, of course, won. But his race against "Ramaro" became one of the legendary, long-standing, entertaining threads at Huckleberries Online. (Jesse Tinsley/SR)

Question: Do any current local races have a chance of "going Ramaro" at Huckleberries Online?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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