Me voting! (photo by daughter on her iPhone)
Running a campaign is hard. Being the candidate is even harder. This diary is a summary of the final days before the election, election night, and my final thoughts.
We had 9 qualified candidates in this election (for 3 open/uncontested seats) each doing some version of “classic” local campaigning. Everybody walked. Everybody had mailers. Everybody had advertisements in the paper. Everybody had lawn signs. Everybody had followers helping them. The difference, at the end of the day, was one of local experience, adherence to message (or simply just having a message!) and connecting to the voters.
