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Russ Feingold: Every Vote Makes a Difference

By Ian Jungbacker - Oct 29th, 2008 at 6:38 pm EDT

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Joseph from HQ made stops up to the Fox River Valley Yesterday to swing by a pair of campus events with U.S. Russ Feingold. Here's what he found:

In front of two packed houses at Lawrence University in Appleton and University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh, Senator Russ Feingold encouraged students and non-students alike to give one final push in these last but crucial days of the campaign. At this point in the game, the most important thing a supporter can do to get Barack elected, is to help get out the vote, he told the cheering crowds.

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d -- on a tour of six central Wisconsin college campuses this week -- set out to rally supporters and encourage them all to vote early. "It's important that as many people as possible are available to help on election day," Fiengold said.

The three-term U.S. Senator pointed to the first time he was elected as an example for why every ounce of help makes a difference. "In 1982, I ran for the State Senate. I was 29, running against a well-established 83 year-old incumbent. I knocked on over 15,000 doors and at first count, I had lost by 19 votes. After three weeks of recounting, I ended up winning by 31 votes. The only reason I'm here today is because of the hard work my supporters gave me a the last minute."

Take it as a lesson learned, he emphasized. "I need you to push at the last minute to get the kind of victory we need."

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