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Reflections from an Election
Posted 5-28-2003
Where were all the voters? Offices controlling millions of dollars were
at stake, and the turnout was in the low 20% range?
Chris Feliciani came the
longest distance in the shortest amount of time to win the Democratic
nomination for Common Pleas Court.
Chris Feliciani had a lot of
great help, but the candidate was willing to work very hard and put up his
own money, two key ingredients in his "coming from nowhere" victory.
Was Feliciani's victory over
a candidate who had worked for four years at winning the election, and had
done a pretty good job of making some Democrats believe she was a Democrat,
the biggest surprise?
Biggest surprise number two:
Roland Martino lead by 1,000 votes with over 250 precincts reporting and
only ended up losing by 900 votes to incumbent Tom Murphy.
Biggest surprise number
three: Eugene Porterfield beating Terry Marolt for the number one spot on
the Republican side of the Commissioners' race.
Republican Chairperson Debbie
Irwin's criticism of the Bar Association's Judicial Rating reeked of sour
grapes. Bet the Republican chairperson wasn't complaining about partisanship
and gender bias when Jay Ober received the top rating in 1997.
Sheriff Scherer, Tom Murphy,
and Carmen Pedicone can join Earl Keim and Kathalyn O’Brien on cruise
control for the General election since the Republican Party didn’t field
candidates for any of those offices.
Chris Scherer had the best
line of the campaign telling the audience at one very long candidates' night
that when he left home his children were 2,4, and 6 years of age, he hoped
to get home before they were 3, 5, and 7.
Best line number two: Earl
Keim after laying the platitudes on an audience about how great they were,
saying, "now I've said a lot of nice things about you, I hope you’ll say
something good about me."
Thank you to my family,
friends, and supporters, your hard work and confidence made our team
successful again. |
