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CALLING HIM, HIS HONOR, MAYOR OF
MARVIN, NORT CAROLINA.
POPULATION 5500, HAS JUST
ELECTED A GUY NAMED JOE POLLINO.
A STAY-AT-HOME DAD WHOSE NAME
WASN'T EVEN ON THE BALLOT.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE HIM.
HE GOT MORE THAN 90% OF THE
SLOET EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NEVER
HELD OFFICE.
HERE HE IS, JOE POLLINO.
>> CERTAINLY NOT PREPARED.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME FOR ME
EVER DIPPING MY TOE IN THE
POLITICAL WORLD.
IT'S EXCITING.
AGAIN, STILL HUMBLING.
>> MAYOR ELECT JOE POLLINO ON
THE PHONE WITH ME.
MR. MAYOR ELECT,
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU WITH ME?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BROOKE.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU GOT 557 VOTES OUT OF 596
CAST.
THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN
ACCIDENT.
DID YOU CAMPAIGN AS A WRITE-IN?
HOW DID YOU PULL THIS OFF?
>> I DID.
I DID CAMPAIGN AS A WRITE-IN.
INITIALLY, I WAS, YOU KNOW,
RUNNING FOR COUNCIL, FOR THE
VILLAGE.
AND WHEN BOTH MAYORS DROPPED
OUT, I CHOSE TO RUN AS A
WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.
SO THERE WAS SOME EFFORT PUT
BEFORE TO GET AS A WRITE-IN.
IT WAS VERY, VERY EXCITING THAT
SO MANY PEOPLE TURNED OUT.
>> JOE, YOU, AS I MENTIONED,
YOU'RE A STAY-AT-HOME DAD.
YOUR KIDS ARE 6, 7, AND 12 YEARS
OF AGE.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE THIS NOW,
BECOMING MAYOR?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, KIDS
ARE GREAT.
AND HAVING A 12-YEAR-OLD
CERTAINLY HELPS.
LAUREN IS A BIG HELP WITH
DANIELLE AND TAYLOR.
DANIELLE IS 8 AND TAYLOR IS 6.
SO SHE'S A BIG HELP, AND
OBVIOUSLY, MY WIFE IS THERE,
TOO.
IT'S A BUSY HOUSEHOLD, AND LIKE
ANYBODY ELSE'S.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST -- I
THOUGHT, I DID A LOT OF LOCAL
VOLUNTEERING WITH OUR CHURCH.