Examiner.com article on popular elections articles for 2013

Stephen Kunselman with his daughters Sophia and Sabrina
The Michigan Daily's endorsement of Stephen Kunselman and other candidates for City Council was the top story about local elections held during 2013.

There is also a slideshow: Looking ahead to Washtenaw County elections in 2014

The five most shared stories about Washtenaw County Elections for 2013 all looked ahead to 2014.  Here are the politicians running for federal and state office to watch next year based on the Facebook likes of the readers.

Top Washtenaw County election stories of 2013 look ahead to 2014

As 2013 comes to a close, it's time to look back on the top stories from the past year.  Based on the number of Facebook shares, five stories stood out, all of which share a common theme, looking ahead to 2014.

All of them were also about elections for federal or state office, such as Senator, U.S. Representative, Governor, even University of Michigan Regent.  No county or municipal candidates or issues broke into the five most liked list for 2013.

Three more tied for sixth.  Two of those were also about next year's elections, while one managed to be the most popular article about local elections actually held in 2013.  This last got an honorable mention in this year's countdown.

Here are the five most shared stories on Facebook along with an honorable mention.

1. Walberg losing to generic Democrat by nine percent: poll
2. Schauer declares 'he's in' the race for Michigan Governor
3. Michigan Democrats already campaigning on Labor Day for 2014
4. U-M Regents: Gratz considers running while Weiser consolidates support
5. Peters endorsed by Stabenow and Levin for U.S. Senate
Honorable Mention: Michigan Daily issues endorsements for city council, millage renewal

In addition to the two commonalities I mentioned in the article, four of the articles (1-3 and 5) are good for Democrats, while only #4 is good for a Republican.  May that be a sign of things to come.

Now, I shall close out my calendar year here the way I did in the article.

"So long, 2013. On to 2014!"

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