Months and months of hard work have paid off. We won Ohio and the election. Lucas county, where I was working, voted Obama 65% to 34%. That is wicked awesome. It means we did out job, and did it well. Succeeded in our goal and won by a large enough margin to offset the red rural areas where sadly race and other prejudices are still the only issues.

E-day GOTV was slightly crazy. We had an awesome team and our chemistry and flexibility made things run so so smoothly. We actually got out of there at a reasonable time. We got the call to pack up for the night and get our asses over to the after party. I had to make one last stop to collect some number from a dear of a volunteer, then headed over myself.

I was on the highway driving to what could be a really awesome or really disappointing party, when i got the call. We won Ohio. I cannot describe the rush that went though my body. I tried to control myself and my tears long enough to get safely to my destination to begin the celebration. The party was huge. News crews all around, Marcy Kaptur, who was re-elected then too, was there, just as she was before GOTV began, to give us a pep talk and a pat on the back. The energy was crazy. Everyone hugging, shaking hands, toasting and basking in the glory.

After a few drinks we decided to head home, we had been up since 4 a.m. after all. I rushed home, still in pure shock of what we had accomplished. We had always been told that if we win Ohio, the election is over. But between all the excitement that fact was gone from my head. I was still so nervous as to how the rest of the night would play out and remembering the all-nighters watching CNN in the past.

I walked inside and turned on the TV. CNN had called it. Barack Obama was the winner. That is when i really lost it. I could barely stand up or walk, despite my very full bladder. I sobbed for a good hour, just long enough to hear McCain concede.

About a dozen cigarettes later, I finally got myself together, then Barack spoke and I wept again. There is something about his words that are repeatedly compelling, inspiring and empowering. He was done campaigning, he had already won, yet he continued to excite, energize and ignite everyone watching or listening.

I am so proud to be part of his campaign and his movement. It’s not everyday that someone can say that because of their actions, the world will never be the same. But becuase of my work, and the work of hundreds of thousands like me, the world is forever changed. I was part of history. I am beyond proud to have played even a small role in what happened Tuesday night. I can only hope to be part of something so epic again.