Tip O’Neill (D-MA) lost the first race he ever ran – for the Cambridge City Council – by 160 votes because he took his neighborhood for granted.
His father pulled him aside after the election and told him, “All politics is local. Don’t forget it.”
He never did forget and worked hard to get elected, eventually serving as an influential Representative for the Bay State for 24 years before his rise to the Speakership of the House for an additional 10 years of service to the country.
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