Runoff!

The votes have been tabulated, and no candidate was able to muster a majority of the vote. The polls will open later today for you to vote for one of the two highest vote-getters.

But before I get to that, I would like to thank all candidates involved for running clean, civil campaigns. Let's hope this final stage will be a little more acrimonious.

First, some of the losers would like to give their concession speeches:

From candidate Bogus Doug, who finished one vote short:

You are all a bunch of chuzzlewits! Where's my wine?

From Atomizer who was well out of the running:

Election? What election? Where's my martini?

From Sisyphus, who fell 6 votes short:

Go Arsenal! Where's my Absinthe?

From Mitch Berg:

All I can tell you, is that this loss gives me a soul crushing ennui. Where's my car? I think somebody stole my car right outta my garage!

David Strom, who failed to garner more votes than 'None of the Above" could not be reached for comment. Instead, here's a file photo:



And now here's a fact sheet on your runoff candidates, presented in the fair, evenhanded and unbiased manner that you've come to expect from us:

DEMENTEE

Candidate essay: DIE, LITTLE MOONBAT!!!!!! DIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Endorsements: The Acerbic Irrelevancies Party. God. Chef's Union Local 494.

and his opponent...

THE MAWB SQUAD BROADS

Candidate essay: First the MOB - then the world! MWAH HA HA HA HA HA!!! We also make a mean tuna-noodle hotdish!

Endorsements: Rew, Howard Dean, Nick Coleman, the American Communist Party, Socialist Alternative, Code Pink, and NAMBLA.

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Good luck to both of the candidates! Polls close on Friday.