Fellow Democrats,
I want to first thank everyone that helped with this election cycle. Whether you volunteered for a candidate, made phone calls, attended events, worked the polls, or most importantly VOTED. These duties are crucial in the election process and a lot of times overlooked by so many so again THANK YOU!
As everyone knows by now we took a beating not only in our county but all over Southern Indiana. It is now time for us to keep our heads up and continue to give the people of Harrison County a choice every election day.
While we came up short in most of our races, we did see Rena Stepro reelected as County Assessor, and Kyle Nix won a seat on the County Council in District 1. Donnie Hussung came up short only 19 votes. Dennis Byrd and Terry Miller came up just a couple points short as well. We just could not overcome the national tide against Democrats and the straight ticket votes.
Thanks to every candidate that made the decision to put the time, effort, and money into running for office. I enjoyed working with you and also getting to know you. I have a lot of respect for anyone who puts it all on the line and runs for office. I think it is safe to say that all of our candidates ran good clean campaigns.
The fact of the matter is that 2014 just wasn't our year. I look forward to learning from this election and continue our effort in giving people of Harrison County a choice every election cycle.
I had several thoughts after all the votes were counted. I think the thing that is most important is how we as a county party start to learn, build, and get better as a party. I have laid out a very basic plan to start our rebuilding process. I look forward to working on this plan in the coming months. As always I am more than open to suggestions, ideas, or anything constructive.
Thanks again for all of your work and also allowing me to be your County Chairman! Get some rest for now 2016 is right around the corner and with a certain lady named Hillary likely to be at the top of the ticket, we should do a lot better then!
Democratically yours,
Jim Kincaid
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