Senn lost. She was the Greens' favorite. Cantwell then squeaked by GOP Sen. Slade Gorton by only 2,300 votes. Our Green turnout in Washington of 103,000 votes in November gave Cantwell the seat (there was no Green senatorial candidate), and her election brought the Democrats to 50-50 with the Republicans in the Senate. This set the stage for GOP Senator Jim Jefford's switch to independent and the resultant takeover of the Senate by the Democrats in June 2000. At a meeting a few weeks later, Sen. Harry Reid told me that both he and Sen. Cantwell were "well aware" of the Green voters' impact on her election.
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