Many Happy Returns

Tuesday evening I was given the following preliminary results. The top three were elected to a four year term on City Council:

Paul Blackburn: 1197 votes
Arthur Babitz: 1163 votes
Carrie Nelson: 920 votes
Martin Campos-Davis: 796 votes

I could say many things, but tonight I'll just say one: It is both gratifying and overwhelming that 1162 people formed enough of an opinion about me in the past 8 weeks to mark the oval next to my name. Tomorrow morning I need to start taking down lawn signs, write some thank-you notes, and start doing my homework.

Update: Final updated results were published in the Hood River News Wednesday morning.