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Especially given that Democrats also came up just short in both gubernatorial and senate races in 2018 despite a very favorable national environment, you can certainly understand why the party doesn’t want to light stacks of cash on fire in a quixotic bid to unseat Scott.

From San Bernardino to Austin to Cape Cod, state transportation departments are pouring billions of dollars into highway expansions that upend communities and damage the planet, all in a quixotic quest to conquer congestion.

At 65, Farrell is the elder statesman of the bunch, yet energetic and full of oddball quixotic charm.

At 34, Matt Smith is a widower and amateur botanist whose grief and passion are fueling a quest some might call quixotic — to photograph every plant native to Los Angeles County.

But no one wanted to walk away from the idea, however quixotic it sometimes seemed.