The unofficial results are in. My congratulations to Mick, Mike and Phyllis!
Well, I didn't win. I didn't really expect to. I was running against a popular incumbent and without any campaign expenses. To pull an upset like that would have been historic.
What did happen, though, was amazing to me. 249 votes were in my column. That means that 247 people (other than my household) voted for me. That is absolutely incredible to me. That 247 people either read about my thoughts on this website or saw me on TV or saw me at a neighborhood forum… and they liked what I had to say so much that they trusted me to make decisions for them? Wow. I'm truly honored. To those 247, whoever you are, I can't thank you enough.
Mick, Mike and Phyllis all won by taking roughly 70% of the vote in each race. My 249 votes accounted for about 6.5%.
In the next few days, I'll post my critique of the past two months – the things I've learned and the things I hope others consider in the future.
Again… My thanks to everyone that supported me, especially the 247.
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