My email inbox has been running over today. I received an email that announced “Ballard grabs upset win” I thought oh, wow, I missed the Knox County election. Then I read the rest of the headline, “Ballard grabs upset win in mayoral race” I then realized that it was my weekly email update from the Indiana Republican Party and it detailed Republican Greg Ballard’s upset victory over a two term Democrat incumbent Mayor. Here is the story detailing “the biggest upset in Indiana political history” I was relieved that I had not missed my first election since November 1984.