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Remember the heated battle over Florida's 4th Congressional district last summer?
You don't?
Well, that's probably because the race didn't attract too much attention. But there was one.
It pitted incumbent Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) against writer Richard Grayson, a Democratic write-in candidate running on a platform in support of gay marriage, abortion rights, universal health care and immediate withdrawal from Iraq.
Keep in mind, this race took place in one of Florida's most conservative districts.
So why did Grayson even bother?
"Voters are essentially disenfranchised," said Grayson, now 54. "It's frustrating, that yeah, we have a democracy, and yet most of the Florida Representatives were essentially unopposed. From both parties."
Annoyed, Grayson decided to hit the campaign trail. He documented his journey in a series of diary entries published on McSweeneys.net, which have been put into a book titled "Diary of a Congressional Candidate in Florida's Fourth Congressional District."
Grayson was no rookie, either. He ran for president in 1984 and twice as a write-in candidate against Republican House Members, for similar reasons as in his race against Crenshaw.
"It was really a fun thing to do," Grayson said of his latest campaign. "And I think having McSweeney's publish the diary as I was writing it, with a couple weeks...