Jon Wyss was sworn in as a Washington senator ... for three days.

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Jon Wyss was sworn in as a Washington senator ... for three days. He was a temporary fill-in for Republican Senator Brad Benson, a major in the Air National Guard who left for guard duty in Spokane. Benson didn't want his district to go unrepresented during a hectic day of floor votes and so invoked a little-known provision to fill his spot. It happened once before, in 1991 when then-Senator Mike Kreidler, who is now the state...

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