In a turn of events that I never would have expected, my local Democratic Party county chair has asked me to consider running for town council. There are very few elected Democrats in our area, so she's very keen to try to change that - and to put a heartbeat back into what was essentially a dead party before she became chair. I should have ruled the idea out immediately - but I didn't.
I live in a red county, in a red state (I'm not quite willing yet to say exactly where I am). There were no Democrats running for any county offices during the 2014 midterm elections. In fact, outside of statewide races such as State Auditor and Secretary of State, there were only three Democrats for lower level races on my midterm ballot. Surprisingly, my hometown actually has three elected Democrats - two on the three-person town council, and the clerk-treasurer (who is my cousin). Neither the county chair nor myself knew that two of the current council members are Democrats, and my cousin responded that they don't act like Democrats.
I said before that I should have immediately discarded the idea as soon as it was suggested. I assume anyone reading this will be curious as to why, so follow me below the fold and you can tell me if I'm right or wrong...