At the moment the vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris is going on. I'm sort-of listening to it, and for whatever reason tonight has me thinking back to the "debates" we had as school board candidates when sixteen of us were running for Rockingham County (North Carolina) Board of Education. Though I did not win a seat, I have always been proud of my campaign and there hasn't been a single moment's regret. I had way too much fun throughout the entire process than to have been the least bit bitter about not winning.
So that sent me hurtling into the Wayback Machine(tm) of this particular blog. Every step of the way during that run, I was chronicling it here. And more than ever it strikes me that maybe this is a resource that others could benefit from. I mean, there NEEDS to be good people willing to stand up and run for office in this land. Could it be you?
Possibly, you don't know how to start. Or it just seems too intimidating a task.
Listen, lemme tell you something: if an idiot like ME could run for office (and nearly winning), there is NOTHING that could or should keep YOU from running, too!
Here is the post that I made in February 2007. It's a compilation of links to the various posts I made from the start of the campaign, on through when it was closed out a few months after the election. There are also all the posts I made during that election day. What DOES a candidate do when his name is on the ballots being cast?
It is my hope that others might find this, and take from it encouragement. I was fortunate to have had friends (and some who became friends and indeed truly family) who "walked me through it". Maybe that can continue on to others, through this.
Here is the complete list of posts made regarding my campaign for Board of Education in 2006.
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