And the Winner is . . .

 We were all cautiously excited about the election today.  None of us were excitd about the presidential candidates, but several of the other races were of interest to us.  The best part about tonight would be that it would finally be over.  We could all move on with our lives without political arguments continuing in the media or thousands of yard signs cluttering our community.  Doug and I decided to play Ticket to to Ride while we waited for the results to come in sometime later in the evening.

After several games we decided to turn on PBS around 8 p.m.  Soon afterward it was announced that Eric Holcomb had was elected Indiana's governor.  We weren't suprised to see that, but the fact that he had won by over thirty points was shocking.  Indiana was also the first state to declare President Trump the winner which also wasn't too surprising.  He also won our state by a landslide.  As the night wore on we flipped back and forth from PBS to CNN to Fox to get a variety of viewpoints  All three were focused on the returns from Florida and the impressive lead that Trump had accumulated.  Most media outlets had predicted that the Sunshine state would be too close to call.  We realized at that point that PBS was strongly leaning toward a Trump victory.

While we were watching, Brett checked in to give his thoughts on the race.  The group that he was reporting with definitely felt that Trump would win, especially with the early returns that they were seeing.  Although a fan of neither presidential candidate, we were content that a Trump victory would at least end the constant debates.  All of that changed, however, as Fox News announced that Biden won Arizona.  That was a complete shock that no one was expecting.  Trump losing that state would tighten the race and lead to almost dead heat.  We knew that if the election was close that Trump's campaign would contest the results.  That was the worst case scenario.  At that point we realized that we were in for a much longer commitment than just this evening and decided to turn off the drama.  The night was not all bad news, however, we did find out that Brett's friend, Curt Nisley was re-elected to the Indiana House and thankfully, voters said "no to Wawasee" and our property taxes would not be raised next year.