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08-23-2016, 12:44 AM
Dog elected for third term as mayor of Minnesota town
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Hopefully he has a human chief of staff.
Duke the Great Pyrenees is the only dog that's ever been elected mayor in America, and he proudly serves the people of Cormorant, a tiny Western Minnesota town with about 1,000 residents (http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml). He was just reelected (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dog-elected-town-mayor-landslide-8681774) for his third year-long term.
SEE ALSO: Touching farewell video for a husky will have you in tears (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/singapore-husky-farewell-video/)
According to WDAY 6 (http://www.wday.com/news/4098641-mutt-turns-mayor-small-town-minnesota), Duke, nine, is nearing the end of his second term. At the 6th Annual Cormorant Daze festival this past weekend, Duke celebrated his inevitable reelection.*
Locals say Duke has a high approval rating.
"I don't k**w who would run against him," Karen Nelson told WDAY 6 (http://www.wday.com/news/4098641-mutt-turns-mayor-small-town-minnesota). "He's done such great things for the community." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/dog-reelected-as-mayor/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Hopefully he has a human chief of staff.
Duke the Great Pyrenees is the only dog that's ever been elected mayor in America, and he proudly serves the people of Cormorant, a tiny Western Minnesota town with about 1,000 residents (http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml). He was just reelected (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/dog-elected-town-mayor-landslide-8681774) for his third year-long term.
SEE ALSO: Touching farewell video for a husky will have you in tears (http://mashable.com/2016/08/17/singapore-husky-farewell-video/)
According to WDAY 6 (http://www.wday.com/news/4098641-mutt-turns-mayor-small-town-minnesota), Duke, nine, is nearing the end of his second term. At the 6th Annual Cormorant Daze festival this past weekend, Duke celebrated his inevitable reelection.*
Locals say Duke has a high approval rating.
"I don't k**w who would run against him," Karen Nelson told WDAY 6 (http://www.wday.com/news/4098641-mutt-turns-mayor-small-town-minnesota). "He's done such great things for the community." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/dog-reelected-as-mayor/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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