This story first appeared at Newsmakers with JR.
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.