WOW ROB! You've been busy! Sounds like things are pretty darn good overall and that your attitude about it all is absolutely in check...as usual.
Control what you can, let go of what you can't. It sounds like you did all you could to try and get voted and it sounds like you can be proud of yourself for taking the high road. Much better to have given your all, been honest and true and to have lost than to have gotten there the 'wrong' way. So kudos my friend.
So how did your W respond to all of this? Was she supportive, encouraging, etc?
Sounds like things are pretty darn good overall and that your attitude about it all is absolutely in check...as usual. 
