No on can get elected in the Northwest without going green - but the fact that a green Republican is treated as a sensational oddity, by the voters and the press, makes it much harder to believe that one could exist in real life.
"Even though everything went the D way, the House managed to pick up some seats. They canʼt just run over us with the budget because if they do they wonʼt have any checks or balances. They want those checks and balances, I think."
- State Rep. Richard DeBolt (R), the incoming state House minority leader, on the Republicans' role in the chamber.