 One tactic to ensure his name was seen was Hackett's campaign affixing signs to all of the overpasses of I-71 in eastern Hamilton County.However, with the help of Democrats from across the nation, Hackett raised several hundred thousand dollars in the closing weeks of the campaign.One main reason Democrats have decided to rally around Hackett was that, had he won, he would have been the first veteran of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to serve in Congress.