8/12/24 "I hate it here- Please vote for me" Part One

Matthew Ferrence is a creative writing professor at Allegheny College. In 2020, he decided to run for political office as a progressive democrat in Crawford county, Pennsylvania - one of the most decidedly conservative republican counties in the region. His book is both a memoir of that experience of running for office (and losing badly) - as well as a reflection on how politics play out in much of rural America.