squeak

The Democrats running for California governor have spent the spring and summer working to win over the powerful donors and interest groups who could help them squeak through a competitive primary election.

It sits alongside a small dark room full of prayer wheels which squeak as they spin.

This time they squeaked through on a thin margin of about 600 votes.

“Between hotel beds that squeak and the in-laws’ walls, we’ve identified two golden windows for potential action: nap time and post-bedtime,” she says.

Reform squeaked over the line in the by-election, but it is worth looking at their share of the vote where they didn't win.