Fat Man Jr. wins statewide in North Carolina

Oldest son ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction in NC (9th most populous state), a statewide position on par with Commissioner of Insurance, highest ranking official for Education.

With no organized or financial help from the state Party, a little help from a campaign manager, he and his wife ran a campaign from the kitchen table. Mrs. Fat Man watched our granddaughter. I offered Fat Man advice (and worked the polls). Early voting was open 13 days over two weeks, so The Wife and I also cooked a lot .. like Clemenza in the Godfather ... "to the mattresses."

With over 4 million votes cast, he won by just over 50,000 ... beating a 3 term incumbent DEM (Dems own the Education world .. a Republican has never won this office). Since there were two 3rd party candidates running for POTUS, he got more votes than HRC.

He's now the youngest statewide office holder in NC (age 33).

The next morning he received calls from Teach From America's national organization (he did TOA), a lobbyist from the Koch brothers, the Lt. Governor of NC and Jeb Bush's office (JB is big on education .. wants to meet w/ him).

I know, CSB ... and thanks to those NC'ers on this Board (there are quite a few) that voted his way.