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Text for the slideshow that went with yesterday's article.

Dr. Jill Stein, 2012 Green Party nominee for President, announces for 2016. A story about the Green Party's nominees was the top Washtenaw County election story for 2014.

Chris Wahmhoff beats the rap
Of the five most popular Washtenaw County election articles on Facebook last year, three were about underdogs. Number one among them was a report about Chris Wahmhoff, Green Party nominee for U.S. Senate.
Wahmhoff for Senate with permission.

Pollesch in the woods
Shari Pollesch's endorsement by the Sierra Club was the second most popular Washtenaw County elections article of 2014.
www.voteforshari.com with permission

Senator Gary Peters sworn in
A USA Today poll showing all four Democratic nominees for statewide office leading came in third. Of those candidates, only Gary Peters, here shown being sworn in, won.

Debbie Dingell with office sign
The Detroit News and Free Press endorsements of congressional candidates was the fourth most popular. Debbie Dingell, shown in front of her office last month, was one of those endorsed.

Tim Walberg Official portrait
The Detroit News and Free Press also endorsed Tim Walberg, shown here to the left of the King and Queen of Sweden.

I'll resume using this journal as my main blog's attic tomorrow with saved comments from January 2015.

Last endorsement article.

Lasinski endorsed by Michigan Chamber of Commerce in state house primary

(  Donna Lasinski of Scio Township earned an endorsement in her campaign Thursday to replace Gretchen Driskell of Saline in the Michigan House of Representatives. The Michigan Chamber of Commerce endorsed the Ann Arbor School Board member along with twenty-two other candidates for State Representative running in open primaries )

One of the high points of Sanders' campaign.

Sanders shocks in Michigan while Trump wins state but loses Washtenaw County

( Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont upset former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York in last night's Michigan Democratic Primary, beating her statewide by 1.5 percent of the total vote. His margin in Washtenaw County was even greater at 11.7 percent. )

I forgot about this funny incident.

Kasich 'phones in' first campaign stop in Michigan

Ohio Governor John Kasich's six-day campaign tour through Michigan began inauspiciously yesterday. His charter plane from New York could not make it to his first scheduled stop, a town hall at the Student Union at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Tuesday morning, March 2.

( Unable to attend in person, Kasich did the next best thing. He called the approximately forty people at the venue and spoke to them over the phone. )

Returning to Ann Arbor and the surrounding area for three articles written in two days.

( Lumm defeats Petersen and Smith overwhelms Leeser for Ann Arbor City Council. )

Last of three in a row about 2015 Ann Arbor City Council elections.  A topic I mentioned here, the "sore loser law," will feature prominently in the next article.

( Only one independent running for Ann Arbor City Council. )

As Washtenaw County Elections Examiner, my main beat consisted of local elections in Washtenaw County. The largest city there is Ann Arbor, where I lived from 1989-1999. Here is the first of three consecutive articles on City Council elections in the Tree City. And, yes, Examiner.com considered coverage of other publications endorsing to be newsworthy.

( Ann Arbor News endorses four city council candidates in primary. )