Well, it’s official. I am no longer an official candidate for city council in Payson Utah. I had hoped that this would go further, but the recount did not change the results. It is disheartening in a way to lose by such a slim margin and feel that you had so much to offer. In other ways, it is a relief. It would have been an additional time commitment had I won the big banana, and suddenly my evenings between now and the election on November 6 have become open again. I would have reported this all earlier except for two things.
1-This site has been down.
2-I considered a write in campaign for a little while, but without your name on the official ballot that would have been an almost impossible task and I don’t have the time nor the organization to get that done.
Lots of people have been asking me about the election. I am surprised and grateful for the number of people that supported me and maybe I will run again in two years. For now, I will throw my support behind a couple of other candidates. It has been an interesting experience, but as one person said to me on Wednesday, your burgeoning political career is over for now.