My six-week write-in campaign for Gates Town Board is nearly over; the polls close in three hours.
I raised some pro-life and environmental issues. I got to meet some interesting people and to learn more about things going on in my town.
When I started, I thought I'd be happy if I got 10 votes. Thanks to meeting some new people and an environmental issue/group, it might even be possible to get 20 vote, and I'd be really pleased if I got 25. Of course, I may still just get 10. Or even fewer.
Humility is good for the soul.
I also saw that the same personality traits that convinced me I would be a poor insurance salesman back when I tried to work with my father were interfering with my ability to campaign. I'm too reserved, too private, too reclusive; not a people person. Oh, I interact fine when I have to, but I'd rather avoid interacting to any great extent.
I'm basically a hermit.
I also discovered how easy it would be to get drawn into the nastiness and pandering of politics.
And I realized how dead and ineffective the American Solidarity Party is in New York. After repeated attempts for the six weeks to get responses from them, I finally got contacted by a state ASP official the day before the election! Too late to do anything.
Will I run again, and make it a regular campaign rather than a quixotic write-in one?
Not likely.
I have more important things to focus on. My faith life. My Parish. My Fraternity. My writing.
But I'm enough of a political junkie to still be hoping for 25 votes!
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