Poster: Musings of a former candidate for Congress
By Lawrence D. Poster, June 09 2026 6:51 pm
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” — Dr. Seuss
Larry Poster ended his campaign for Congress Tuesday night June 2 when the returns came in the way his campaign began, with a whimper. In between it was an amazing journey. Though arguably personal and anecdotal, my campaign offered me a glimpse of America and unexpected insight as to where we may be in this fragile moment of our democracy.
I launched my campaign in the brutal dead cold of winter collecting signatures sufficient to make it onto the ballot. Once on the ballot, campaigning again, I personally met and had conversations with several hundred voters and others in NJ’s 10th Congressional District. As when I was earlier collecting petition signatures, several conversations were heated. All were brief. But even from brief conversations, I had overarching takeaways. More than any other, one conversation stood out which I will never forget.
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