Don’t write me off as an also ran
Posted by Tyler Kinch on March 4th, 2008
First of all, I would like to thank my family, my friends, and my supporters. They have been tremendous throughout this campaign, and I couldn’t have done it without their support.
As many of you probably already know, my campaign was a low budget one. With $0 in the bank, the campaign relied mostly on me knocking on doors and talking to voters. I did increase the vote slightly, and I believe I presented a good choice to the voters I was able to talk to.
In the last week and a half of the campaign, I shifted my focus onto another campaign as an e-day manager. That was the Calgary Fort campaign where the NDP managed to get 14% of the vote. Julie Hrdlicka was an amazing candidate with her passion for social justice. I do hope that she is not discouraged, and that she will run again. The campaign was started with virtually nothing, and achieving 14% was a major feet. If she runs again, I have no doubt that she will be able to win it.
That said, I was quite disappointed in the overall provincial results, and the low voter turn out. The opposition will need to work harder, and speak out louder so that the concerns of ordinary Albertans can be heard.
I am not discouraged, and my name will appear on a ballot in the not so distant future. I will always fight for the ordinary working/middle class person.
“I am hurt, but I am not slain:
I’ll lay me down and bleed a while,
And then I’ll rise and fight again.”
-Sir Andrew Barton
March 5th, 2008 at 8:59 am
We fought the good fight and we’ll keep on fighting for the average person again and again!
March 5th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Congratulations on the campaign, Tyler. You should be extremely proud of what you have accomplished.
March 6th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Congratulations on your work in the election. I look forward to seeing more of your work on rent controls and affordable housing now that the election is over. There’s lots more work to do!
March 6th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
You have my full support!