Despite a loss, Forest Bradley Wright looks forward to marching on
 

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Among the many wins Forest Bradley Wright listed in his concession speech Saturday night at the Blake Hotel was making people aware of the fact that the position he ran for even existed.

"(Public Service Commissioner) has a purpose that we have been shut out from," Wright said, minutes after learning that he had lost the election to incumbent Eric Skrmetta. "(It is) a race that people have never heard about, for elected officials that they never hear from, making decisions that effect every one of our lives."

Skrmetta finished the race with 120,032 votes, while Wright fell behind by almost 4,000 votes with a total of 116,042.? [ Read more ]

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