Here’s an e-mail I got within the last 10 minutes from Kevin Fisher (the photo above is from my interview with him on Friday at Starbucks on Gervais):

It’s no fun to lose, but it shows you were in the game. And I’ve always liked being in the game, whether it’s business, adventure, sports, public life or anything else. To compete is to improve.

Hats off to Leona Plaugh and Tony Mizzell for making the runoff, and to Walter Powell and Mary Baskin Waters for taking the plunge.

So many of you have kindly mentioned the “Life and Columbia Good To Me So Far” column from Free Times which we sent out during the campaign as an offbeat biographical piece — though the election results may indicate that District 4 voters were not enthralled by a candidate who cites Joe Walsh as his philosophical mentor!

But the outcome notwithstanding, I want to say that life and Columbia have still been good to me so far. I’ve been very fortunate here, and I know it. Which brings me to one line from that classic song I didn’t use in the column but will officially end the campaign with now : “They say I’m crazy but I have a good time… ”

Indeed I did, and my heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported me in any way.

Kevin Fisher