The News Journal, September 7, 2008

Campaign Web sites have become an unavoidable part of running for office. But one lieutenant governor candidate is giving new face to the campaign blog.

Democrat Matt Denn’s blog on his campaign site includes a mix of policy positions, fundraising appeals and humor — sometimes all at once.

Friday, he appealed for donations, writing that readers could help by “getting 400 of your best friends to send me $1,200 apiece, or by convincing my parents to reveal the secret family fortune that they concealed from me to date so it would not affect my work ethic.”

He described his twin boys’ behavior in Monday’s Labor Day Parade: “throwing shoes out of their wagon, using American flags as swords to duel with, Sumo wrestling while wagon is in motion, etc.”

And last Monday, he wished his wife, Michele, a happy six-year wedding anniversary, recounting that they hadn’t been alone for very long after getting married.

“Lenny arrived four years ago from the local pug breeder, and Zach and Adam arrived three and a half years ago from … well … Mrs. Denn,” he wrote. “I am not going to turn this blog into a Hallmark card, so I will just wrap up by saying Happy Anniversary Michele — I will be home later with the steaks & wine.”