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Losing to Boehner: Untold Stories, Silenced Stories, and Lies

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I have been approaching the political story of my life through autobiography, in particular by using memoir as a means to story my experience as a candidate for office, as an educator, and as a citizen. As I have worked to tell my story for public consumption, creating a text that tells what it was like to run an "unwinnable" race, I am constantly aware of what has gotten left out, what absolutely needs to be said that hasn't been said yet about the experience, what is "hidden," and what is perhaps, on some levels, inappropriate. Mining these subtexts, I hope to come as close as possible to the "real" story, to "meaning," and ultimately perhaps, and more so, to the catalytic impulse and hope manifest in participation in the political process.

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I have been approaching the political story of my life through autobiography, in particular by using memoir as a means to story my experience as a candidate for office, as an educator, and as a citizen. As I have worked to tell my story for public consumption, creating a text that tells what it was like to run an "unwinnable" race, I am constantly aware of what has gotten left out, what absolutely needs to be said that hasn't been said yet about the experience, what is "hidden," and what is perhaps, on some levels, inappropriate. Mining these subtexts, I hope to come as close as possible to the "real" story, to "meaning," and ultimately perhaps, and more so, to the catalytic impulse and hope manifest in participation in the political process.

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Losing to Boehner: Untold Stories, Silenced Stories, and Lies

I have been approaching the political story of my life through autobiography, in particular by using memoir as a means to story my experience as a candidate for office, as an educator, and as a citizen. As I have worked to tell my story for public consumption, creating a text that tells what it was like to run an "unwinnable" race, I am constantly aware of what has gotten left out, what absolutely needs to be said that hasn't been said yet about the experience, what is "hidden," and what is perhaps, on some levels, inappropriate. Mining these subtexts, I hope to come as close as possible to the "real" story, to "meaning," and ultimately perhaps, and more so, to the catalytic impulse and hope manifest in participation in the political process.