This story first appeared at Newsmakers with JR.

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Not since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day — July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — has there been such a political coincidence as recently surfaced in Santa Barbara’s 2022 election campaign.

Amazing but true, two local candidates — one for the state Legislature and one for county school superintendent — provided reporters with virtually identical statements about the rationale for their campaigns without, each says, peeking at the other’s paper.

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