Campaign will end like it began in June: talking to the voters of the 66th District

BRIGHTON – Mike McGonegal, candidate for the Michigan House from the 66th District, spent the last night before Election Day doing what he has been doing since June, knocking on doors and talking to voters in the restaurants, dinners and coffee houses of Livingston County.

“It had been an honor to do this,” McGonegal said. “I really enjoyed meeting so many people, and it’s an experience and privilege I will remember for a lifetime.”

Despite the long odds of beating an incumbent in a county that has not had a Democrat of any kind representing them since then U.S. Rep. Debbie Stabenow in 2000, McGonegal said he’s grateful for a real opportunity of upsetting his overconfident opponent who has again taken the voters for granted.

“I really like my chances,” he said. “I have talked to so many people who have said they have never voted for a Democrat before who plan to vote for me.”

McGonegal sill spend Election Day voting at his home precinct at Hawkins Elementary School on Lee Road in Green Oak Township, and he then plans to have breakfast with his wife, Meg, who has taken the day off from her job as a surgical nurse at CS Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor to campaign with her husband. McGonegal will make the rounds of all the voting precincts in the 66th District to meet the voters one last time before they cast their all-important ballots

McGonegal will end the day at the Victory Party at the Livingston County Democratic Party Headquarters, 10321 E. Grand River Suite 600, to watch the election returns and personally thank the many dedicated volunteers who worked so hard for him.

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