Well, it's about 15 hours after I left the City and County Government Center and I've had a chance to collect my thoughts. It was an interesting night for sure. If you tuned into our coverage earlier in the year for the Wisconsin primaries, you would have heard myself and Wade Bates covering that day and it was a huge change this time around.
For those who haven't been to the City and County Government Center on an election night before, there is a laptop connected to a projector that has all of the results displayed on it. They put up about 4 or 5 races on the screen at one time and then after about 10 seconds the next six races will pop up. If there are only a few races (like the primaries earlier in the year) then it's not too tough to keep track of everything. However, with last night having 24 races occuring, trying to keep all the numbers straight and up to date can be a little daunting.
I have to thank Sue Strands and Joyce Beuchel for all of their help last night. I'm sure I looked a little like a deer caught in headlights last night and they pointed me in the right direction.
Even though I was there for a little over two and a half hours, the time flied by and I actually had a good time out there. It was fun to see how the votes change or stay the same as the night goes on.
The night also gave me even more respect for my co-workers Bob Nelson and Wade Bates. Bob was only on his second full day back after his surgery, and he was going all out bring the best election coverage onto KFIZ. And after last night, he still was ready to go at 6am this morning. That's die-hard dedication to providing the best content possible. Wade Bates also put in a full day, worked all night and still had sports together this morning. Sure I had to be collecting results until about 11pm, but it was more like a normal day for me since I'm on the later shift anyway. It's great to have people working here with that level of motivation and work ethic.
So all-in-all, I think my second election night at KFIZ went well and I'm looking forward to getting my hands dirty come November!
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