DAY 33: GROUND HOG DAY NEWS!
Two things in life can be very unpredictable – but especially so in Kentucky:
the weather…
…and politics!
No one knew what this Ground Hog Day would bring, but when all was said and done, there was good news… and there was bad news.
As America’s eyes turned to small-town PA, a loveable ground hog named “Punxsutawney Phil” ventured out to much fanfare, and – egad! - saw his shadow before lumbering back into hiding to wait out his prediction of 6 more weeks of winter weather. That’s the bad news.
But on the political front, there was good news! A small-town Kentucky district held a special election, and with only a few short weeks to campaign, Terry Mills (a/k/a “Punxsutawney Mills” for today) emerged the victor.
The voters chose him as their State Representative to fill out the remainder of State Senator Jimmy Higdon’s term.
But there is more to come for Terry Mills, and little time to rest on his laurels; next on the horizon is a contest in the May Primary between the Republican candidates, and the winner will take on the Democratic candidate Mills in the fall for the opportunity to represent the district for the next full term.
A group of Mills supporters gathered at Chaser’s in Lebanon to await the poll results tonight. Here is a glimpse of the happenings there.
