Our family had another birthday over the weekend, as Noah turned 27. While we weren’t able to celebrate with him and Sariah from 1860 miles away, it looks like they had a great weekend together. What a cool present! I hope you can find some time to play, Noah. We love you. We miss you. Glad your workspace was decorated when you arrived at work on Friday. Keep up the good work. Happy birthday.
The final results from the Greeley Municipal Election for 2025. My new favorite number is 10671.
Stories are being published throughout the week on the election. I am so grateful for the positive coverage, for the time being. I know my day will come when a vote will still up some controversy. Until then, I couldn’t have asked for a more positive reaction from community members, influencers, and supporters.
So many emotions! I will be forever grateful for whoever captured this moment between Jennifer and I. It felt good to update the old Facebook profile picture from “vote for Ryan” to “The Hug.”
Let’s celebrate! We broke out the cigars and lit them up as vote totals continued to roll in throughout the night. Facebook messages, calls, texts and emails were blowing up my phone. More hugs. New people arrived to celebrate and congratulate me and our campaign. What a night!
The next hour was a blur. Suddenly 3 bottles of champagne appeared and glasses handed out. There were hugs, high-fives, handshakes and speeches and toasts from Andrew, Jennifer and the newly elected City Councilman. Sara cried with joy (and probably relief after managing both Jonny and I’s campaigns). There were immediate requests for interviews, first from the KFKA guys, then an interview with the Greeley Tribune. More hugs and handshakes and heartfelt congratulations. Tried to be in the moment and take it all in. We had done it. We had engineered a successful political campaign and won in a landslide.
I’ll let the photos speak for themselves as a majority of the vote totals were dropped on the Weld County Clerk and Recorders site.
I decided to have our Election Night watch party at the Tavern, which has been such a special location for our family over the years. With the first results dropping at 710PM, with all the votes that had been processed up to Election morning, we would have a pretty good idea on how the evening, and quite possibly the next four years, would go. I was grateful to be surrounded by so many supporters, volunteers, and family members. The minutes ticked by as we refreshed the results page, until 710 hit…
