Congrats to Tate Hausman who writes SMITH’s The Campaignster column. Hausman’s dispatches about the life as the technology strategist for a political campaign have graced this site for the last few months, which is fairly amazing given the 24-7 job he’s been doing for his candidate. Guess it paid off: that candidate, John Hall (not, that John Hall but this John Hall and this one) beat the Republican incumbent Sue Kelly in New York’s 19th District. Here’s a great interview Hall did with Colbert before the election.

The Vets interviewed in The Vet Factor didn’t fare as well. Andrew Duck got mauled in Maryland, while David Harris and Van Taylor both got trounced in Texas. Is this the start of a SMITH curse?