The election results are in, the people have spoken, and I will not be serving my union as a top officer. I, and many others, had been expecting a close race, but rather than a Kennedy/Nixon squeaker I was on the wrong end of a Reagan/Mondale beat down. With just under 8 years on the job, the old guard is still keeping the status quo so perhaps my time is yet to come. That, and the fact that a full half of the department didn't even vote. A friend consoled me with the fact that my candidate got into the White House, so at least I won the big election of this past week (I was a lonely Obama supporter at work). I prefer to be consoled with the words of Winston Churchill posted on the wall of my office, "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
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Sorry to hear about the loss, but your "old guard" comments probably carry the most weight. There is a reason that incumbents win most of the time, and sadly it usually has to do with voter apathy, laziness, and name recognition, none of which say great things about the electorate.
Your time will come.
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