Did you run for office in grade school or high school??

And did you win?

I ran for class secretary, unopposed. And I won. And I did absolutely nothing for it except get my picture in the yearbook.

My mom heard a rumor from a teacher that the administration was afraid of me. I've been bitter ever since and that was back in 1982.

That would make me bitter too.

That would make me Karl Rove.

We gave speeches before the election and I got the most applause by far.
The next day I lost so one of two things happened:
a) Lots of the kids cheering were lying
b) The Man was determined to keep us down

I honestly don't know which of those two scenarios happened and rarely think about it, except for times like when someone makes a post on a message board and jogs my memory.

but my teacher said no.

:shrug:

I was voted as the school's Ambassador.

or of what?

school board meetings, off-campus academic events, various meetings/events with the principal or dean, parent and alumni events, etc.

I lost to a bubble-headed blonde cheerleader. I'm still bitter.

I was secretary of Student Council and people called me 10 years after graduation and said it was my job to plan the 10 year reunion for 1000 people. I said I don't think so.

I won the fourth grade student council election against three opponents, and I was appointed to student council in 1st grade by my teacher. I guess first graders aren't supposed to have elections or something. I wish I could say that I resigned my seat on principle, but alas, I must also say that my six year old mind didn't really grasp the importance of the matter at hand :)

I gathered together students to make posters and flyers and we helped her write her speech.
IIRC the theme was Take Time To Listen To Each Other. This was 1961.
It was fun.


Tikki

I ran for one of four student council head officer positions at the end of 7th grade and I was actually elected. It turned out to be a relatively boring thing that involved getting up way too early once a week for my 8th grade mind to comprehend.

We didn't do too much because our adviser basically told us how it was going to be so any revolutionary type ideas were immediately shot down.

I guess that was a big clue as to my popularity.

I sit on the schools Finance Council, we control a significant sum of money so for once it is relatively meaningful work I guess. *Shrug*

I did however get elected to a position on Youth In Government State Board, which was far more fun than doing class council.

My best friend ran for class President and lost in a very close election that involved two runoffs (supposedly the first runoff was a tie vote). I was his unofficial campaign manager and so being avid West Wing fans we joked that if he won I got to put Class Chief of Staff on my college application.

I had no real duties, but it made me relatively popular. Popularity was a rare thing for me when I as in school.

because I'm a bully.

and all events were held jointly. Each language elected its own president. I ran on a separatist platform and decried the French club by destroying a french flag I brought to the election speech. The french teacher stared in disbelief, the students of both other languages applauded, the teacher refused to count the votes immediately when my opponent for president asked her to, but instead said "these are going to be counted at home" The next morning the announcement came that my opponent had won, but she herself told me that I would have won if the votes had been counted honestly. Strangely enough I also got some votes from the other non-french language.