 I won the primary , but not with fifty @-@ one percent of the vote . We had a runoff and I lost by two hundred votes – to a machine candidate . We were bringing fresh ideas , but we were not experienced in fighting the machine on election day . I swore I 'd never run for alderman again . There was so much racial baiting that it was terrifying . I was called names . ... My posters had black paint all over them with racial epithets . It was very disturbing . 
