There’s Winners And Losers, Don’t Get Caught On The Wrong Side Of That Line
In a roundabout way, we all won yesterday.
Even though the majority of my votes went to the losing candidates, it doesn’t mean I’m unhappy about the outcome of the Primary.
I’m really surprised that Eric Papenfuse didn’t land a seat on council. It seemed like his support was much stronger than the votes showed.
And I still don’t know what Kelly Summerford had going for him. Other than the fact that James Ellison ran his campaign (along with Linda Thompson, Tiffiney Penn, Patricia Whitehead and Danielle Hairston).
But I’m fairly sure that had Summerford not been a product of the Ellison camp, he wouldn’t have stood a chance.
The write ins on the Republican side of things won’t be announced until Friday. So there IS a chance that we’ll see Reed and Thompson going head to head in November.
But regardless of the outcome of that election, we ALL won yesterday. There was a stronger voter turnout in the Harrisburg race than there has been in many, many years. Sure, some of that may have been runoff from the Obamania of last year, but any way you slice it, nearly 5,000 residents cast votes yesterday.
A wind of change is blowing down Front street…it’s an exciting time to live in this city.