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Fifty years ago, Ronald Reagan stormed the Spokane Republican convention in a fiery bid to unseat Gerald Ford, turning a tense delegate battle into a political spectacle complete with scuffles and sneaky returns. Reagan’s sharp critique of Washington’s overreach and his populist appeal won over key delegates, even as Ford held the overall edge. Though he didn’t clinch the nomination, this pivotal moment in Washington’s GOP history foreshadowed Reagan’s 1980 triumph—and one delegate’s later electoral vote for Reagan even sparked a state law change.

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