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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)—As a sports columnist, Luke Esser tagged himself “Luke the Truth.” Today, his assignment is to be “Luke the Miracle Worker.” He’s the new state Republican Party chairman. The party got drubbed in the last election -- including Esser’s own surprising loss of his state Senate seat in traditionally Republican Bellevue -- and starts the 2008 campaign cycle in a deep, deep hole. Last weekend, GOP grass-roots leaders from the 39 counties dumped Chairwoman Diane Tebelius as the final victim of the election cycle and cast th...