Yes it does. I ran for city council in 2020, thinking this same thing. I had 6 years experience in the parks board, founded a local youth non-profit, and a VERY clean record and internet presence. I lost to a lawyer with a very public sexual harassment case that he settled.
I was like 28 and did not have money. I thought I could win it on my pretty well stacked experience in public service. I was wrong.
The other complication is that I was deemed to be “liberal” and my idiot opponent was deemed to be “conservative” in a non-affiliated position. To be fair, those were accurate designations. My town is very conservative. And my biggest win on parks was enacting a parks maintenance fee so… ¯_(ツ)_/¯
My own father, also running for council, endorsed my opponent. Also, my opponent was such a jackass that he was asked to step down… by my father (who won his race)
Yes it does. I ran for city council in 2020, thinking this same thing. I had 6 years experience in the parks board, founded a local youth non-profit, and a VERY clean record and internet presence. I lost to a lawyer with a very public sexual harassment case that he settled. I was like 28 and did not have money. I thought I could win it on my pretty well stacked experience in public service. I was wrong.
The other complication is that I was deemed to be “liberal” and my idiot opponent was deemed to be “conservative” in a non-affiliated position. To be fair, those were accurate designations. My town is very conservative. And my biggest win on parks was enacting a parks maintenance fee so… ¯_(ツ)_/¯
My own father, also running for council, endorsed my opponent. Also, my opponent was such a jackass that he was asked to step down… by my father (who won his race)
Fuck, this is probably enough to identify exactly me. Probably gunna delete
Yeah. It looks quite specific.