History in the making
The night before the election, when I didn’t
sleep, I was thinking, “What if nobody shows up?”
Marc
Kovar
Executive
Vice-President
I kept hearing from members that they were
going to be at The Forge in Woodbridge to work our
Election Day phone bank. Or that they would be at
the Bergen County “Boots On The Ground” Rally.
Or that they would be at the phone bank in Atlantic
County.
But you actually don’t know.
Then, I arrived at the State PBA office that
morning, and at 9:30, I heard that 50 members
were already at The Forge. And Local 600 members
had already filled the conference room at the office to make calls
to get out the votes.
I was overwhelmed with excitement. Our members were finally
believing. All the months of talking and writing and preaching
finally came to fruition. We had a room full of people volunteering
on their day off. We had members who came in having just worked
the midnight, telling me they had not slept but that wasn’t going
to stop them from being here.
Our efforts made the difference. See Rob Nixon’s analysis on
pages 13-14 to get all the details of how the State PBA
membership’s political action changed the game for several candidates in the key legislative districts we targeted.
But seeing the roomful of women and men also showed that the
members truly understand what’s at stake, and that they believe
they can make