Not to be lost in the excitement of this historic election is the extraordinary campaign of our good friend Dennis Shulman. Readers of my posts, and many others, would have heard about Dennis' brilliant campaign for Congress from the 5th Congressional District of NJ . His remarkable story was featured in Time Magazine and the New Yorker (a wonderful Talk of the Town piece), amongst other publications. He was ultimately endorsed by the New York Times and Michael Bloomberg, and many others. And while Dennis did not succeed in beating arch conservative Scott Garrett last night, an extraordinary thing happened, more than 120,000 people (42% of all voters) voted for a 58 year old blind rabbi/psychologist who had never previously run for public office. All of those who know Dennis are so very proud of him and his amazing efforts. And somehow I don't think this is the last you'll hear from him. So congratulations to Den and his remarkable team!
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