The Potomac News has a front-page story today about the write-in campaign of Hamilton “Ham” Sandwich, Esquire for Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney:
Move over Mickey Mouse, Ham Sandwich is working on a write-in campaign.
Prince William area Republicans didn’t offer a candidate for Commonwealth’s Attorney this year, but that hasn’t stopped a conservative write-in campaign for Hamilton “Ham” Sandwich, Esq.
The movement’s Web site says Ham Sandwich was born at Omar’s Drive-In in 1956 and was raised in Virginia.
Interest in Sandwich has skyrocketed since his mention on National Public Radio’s “Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me” quiz show on Saturday, said Greg Letiecq, spokesman for the campaign.
“This is a feel good, nice race and politics can be sort of depressing sometimes with how ugly it gets,” Letiecq said. “But this is an opportunity for folks to get involved in a happy way and not feel like they’re participating in ugliness.”
Regarding the candidate’s qualifications, one local expert – Mary Ann Kauchak, food columnist for the Potomac News and Manassas Journal Messenger – said that a decent ham sandwich should be “good and smoky.”
“The Cuban sandwich is the hottest thing in the deli world, right now,” Kauchak said. “I’m not really crazy about Virginia ham, though. You need a sweet biscuit to go with Virginia ham and a good pickle helps, too.”
And maybe some Route 11 chips.
And here’s Ham’s newest campaign ad:
H/T: Virginia Virtucon
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