Greg loses his student body election from "summary" of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1) by Jeff Kinney
So, I ran for treasurer this year, and I thought I had a pretty good chance of winning. But Manny ended up getting into the race, and he had a much better campaign slogan than I did. He just went around telling everyone he was going to give out free candy if he won. I tried to compete by giving out pencils with my name on them, but nobody seemed to care. And then, on election day, Manny showed up with a whole bunch of candy bars. He was practically throwing them at people as they walked into the polling place. I knew I was in trouble when I saw that. I mean, who's going to vote for a pencil when there's free candy on the line? So,...
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