I had to unsubscribe!

Do you get frequent emails from your political party, favored candidates and elected officials?

I don’t. Not anymore.

Last year, I signed up for updates from the candidates for Congress. I figured it would be a good way to keep track of the candidates and the issues they felt were important. At first, I got occasional emails, detailing upcoming campaign events and discussions of the issues they were running on.

Soon, I was getting emails from everyone: Democrats, Republicans, candidates, state leaders, federal officials. All of it political, and most of it very helpful. But not for long.

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