Transatlantic Zeppelin: I only drink and drive on Election Night

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November 03, 2004

I only drink and drive on Election Night

PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA: I won't comment much on the election at the national level other than to say that Bush finally has a mandate and I couldn't be more happy for him. At the local level, we had even more successes, with Indiana government being completely taken-over by the Grand Old Party: returning the Governor's Mansion, gaining control of the Senate, and retaining statewide offices like Attorney General. Meanwhile, my district elected a Republican to the State Senate, for the first time in over 30 years.

As for me, I was given a new nickname yesterday by the Mayor, but I can't quite recall what it was (sorry, Connell). Jim Stinson of the Post-Tribune will surely print it soon, perhaps along with something about the "Female Adrian Jones," the young law student who ran a big part of our get-out-the-vote effort in this County this year. I think "The Baman" is a far better nickname, as she is from 'Bama and proudly plugs the virtues of the beautiful Alabama Riviera.

The races ran well into this morning, with some very close races locally decided only when the last precincts came in after 2AM. As the pumpkin hour loomed, coronor-cum-commissioner John Evans led by only 60 votes of over 20,000 cast, and State Senator-elect Vic Heinold was down by 600 votes of perhaps 30,000 cast. Our friends counting the ballots decided that the GOP was being too demanding in requesting results and decided only to release results to the news media (who had gone to press at midnight). Meanwhile the candidates, who are the ones who actually need the results at 2AM, were cut-out of the loop by the County and sat at Headquarters on pins and needles until the 65,592nd vote was counted. As we sat nervously waiting for the mainstream media to declare Bush the national winner, I reassured the candidates that the GOP's strongest precincts were being counted last. I usually don't make election predictions until the fat lady starts warm-ups, but I know Center Twp and I knew that our precincts would deliver for the GOP. When the final tally was posted online, Vic gave perhaps the best "I won" yell I've ever heard. Sure enough, Center Twp delivered and he pulled together enough votes to come from behind and capture a Democrat's State Senate seat by only 199 votes. Others weren't so lucky, as Bob Wilchinski lost a County Council seat by 198 votes of 66,000 cast.

These tight local races are what makes working the "final mile" fun in politics. When we made over 10,000 get-out-the-vote calls again this year, surely we picked up the 200 votes Vic needed to win his State Senate seat. It's good that our President won, but it's even better that we could influence local races though grassroots democracy.

Posted by adrianjo at November 3, 2004 01:57 AM

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