Hillary won by 10% but that isn’t the good news I have in mind. Here it is. Last election, I contributed to Diane Irey, a local county supervisor who ran against Murtha but lost in the Dem sweep. This story is significant for the number of write-in votes that were cast in a primary with very low turnout. 
Retired LT Colonel William Russell is now running against Jack Murtha for the Congressional seat in PA. He had submitted petitions to get on the ballot in the Republican primary but a local judge disqualified enough signatures to drop him below the 1,000 he needed. As a result, he had to be a write-in candidate. Impossible, right ? No, he got over 4,000 write-in votes. I once helped a write-in candidate get elected to Congress in 1982 in Orange County, CA. Ron Packard won the general election as a write-in, defeating a terrible Republican candidate and a nice Democrat (but not that nice). He was the first write-in elected to Congress in many decades. Ron served honorably until he retired. Now, we have the chance to elect another write-in candidate.Yes, he has a website and yes, you can contribute. I just did.
UPDATE: Murtha was visited by a group of Marine mothers and he refused to see them, then called the cops. His staff called them cowards.
Nice.
Tags: Congress, Jack Murtha, william russel