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William Willey
competitive
persistent
strategically pragmatic
Senator William Willey storms Washington State's corner of the Democratic primary arena, clawing 22% in a straw poll that exposes his faltering grip—behind the leader's 48% but ahead of Bartlet's vaulting 19% third. Campaign whispers peg him for a fierce New Hampshire second-place scrap, only to crater post-South Carolina dropout, unleashing endorsement firepower and donor coffers toward Bartlet. Willey crystallizes the primary's brutal math: frontrunners bleed out, fueling survivors' ascent in a gauntlet of polls, pivots, and endorsements.
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