Remember the guy with drones? Neither do we.
The District 8 alder race did not start out on a terribly substantive note, with candidate Christian Hansen challenging incumbent Ald. Scott Resnick’s nomination signatures, while at the same time making an error in his own. Unfortunately, the campaign never got much more interesting – and never became much of a campaign at all.
Hansen racked up a few endorsements from progressive organizations early on, but his campaign never managed to gain much momentum. Ultimately, a single image summed up the race as well as any words could: the photo of Resnick sitting next to an empty chair being held for Hansen at a candidate forum, from which Hansen was conspicuously absent.
The race was cut mercifully short when, on March 4, Hansen bowed out of the race, citing a lack of time and financial resources.
It’s a shame that University of Wisconsin students weren’t offered any choice in this election. While Resnick has proven himself to be an excellent alder for the largely student district, this does not mean he should be free from facing competition. An election is not really an election only one candidate is running. Although the result would likely not have been different – hopefully not too many students could have been wooed by Hansen’s drone-based fear mongering – everyone would have benefited from an actual race.
No, seriously. This guy made drone-awareness a central tenant of his campaign.
Even though Hansen may not have been the most gifted campaigner, he could have made any magician – no, illusionist – green with envy of his ability to apparently slide right out of existence. For this, Christian Hansen wins our Stealthy, Like a Drone award.
