Back in high school, I was never into politics or student government.  I knew there was value in voting (and as soon as I was of age, I did), but I was never that concerned with running.  Well, at the end of my freshman year in college, a very ambitious classmate of mine recommended that I run for the office of Sophomore Class Senator as there was a vacancy.  She let me know that I would not have too much competition and that if elected, I’d be working with her, as she was running for Sophomore Class President.  Well I ran, and I won!  Of course, she did too!  We continued to work together through the end of our Senior year of college when she was the Student Body President, and I was the Senior Class President.

As long as I’ve known Ms. Dar’shun N. Kendrick, she has had her eyes set on government, politics, and law.  After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, she went on to law school at UGA, and just this year, she started her own law practice, Kendrick Law Practice, LLC.  She wants to eventually be the US President, so earlier this summer, she announced that she was running for GA State House of Representative in District 94.  Immediately, she went into full-campaign mode, hiring seasoned campaign managers and consultants, attending events, putting up a website, raising money, printing mailing pieces, and soliciting friends and volunteers to help with the rest of the “get-elected” process.  Her primary election was on July 20, 2010, and on that day, she threw a party to watch the results come in with family, friends, and volunteers.  She ended up with the most votes of all 4 candidates, but there was still a need for run-off election, which she won 3 weeks later!  I am so proud of Ms. Dar’shun Kendrick, and I wish her nothing but success in the November election!

Below, I have included images from the first election party… I am looking forward to the MANY MANY more that Ms. Kendrick will be a part of!

Ok, so I think this is why she won… She’s concerned with the health of District 94 🙂

Ok, this is a picture of one of Dar’shun’s friends calling her while masking his voice to sound like a constituent…

This is when Dar’shun was trying to figure out who was calling her and what they wanted…

This was after Dar’shun figured out who it really was that was calling her…

This was the hearty laugh that we all got in seeing Dar’shun figure it all out!

Dar’shun was hoping for a victory… and no run-off…

She was elated that at least she was at the top of the results board…

By special request, here was the cake that I made for Dar’shun’s victory!