Here's the local coverage of the Mark Twain campaign in La Crosse:

Peace Activists: Vote for Twain
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2002/10/30/stories/news/3twai
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Your Views: Mark Twain for Congress
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2002/10/30/stories/opinion/02l
etters30.txt

Your views: Huebsch serves with distinction (see 2nd letter)
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2002/11/01/stories/opinion/01l
etters01.txt

I didn't find anything at that paper about how many votes Twain
received.

The John Nichols article is the online at The Nation at:

Election 2002: Mark Twain for Congress
http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?pid=139

If anyone's going to link to it, it's probably better to link to The Nation
instead of a site that admits it doesn't have permission to reprint it.

Jim Zwick