I managed the campaign for someone running for city council over a decade ago (the one and only time I'll ever do that). I LOVE politics, but is that too much. The candidate was my first wife who not only was blind, but also had an unusual first name. I remember someone even saying it sounded Muslim (no kidding and it wasn't). We started with zero name recognition and a candidate and ended up with almost 1,000 votes. Needless to say we got clobbered.

1,000 votes sounds like a good toe-hold. Should have keep at it. Abe Lincoln kept getting the crap kicked out of him, but bull-dogged it until winning. But, understand how personally exhausting that it. I did something I thought was great, spent time and psyche on it, and got nothing but grief for it so basically said,"The hell with it" next time around even thou they begged me to do it (charity event). There's a lot of ankle-biters out there.

I don't really think I have the personality to do that kind of thing. Working behind the scenes in a smaller role would suit me better.