Out official makes history by running campaign through Facebook

Nick Shalosky, 21, a member of the Charleston County District 20 Constituent School Board and the first out elected official in South Carolina, details how he used social network Facebook to run his winning, write-in campaign. “Facebook provided me with an avenue to quickly organize after jumping into the race with only two weeks before Election Day,” he writes. “Such rapid mobilization might not have been possible only two years ago. But, with a Facebook page and a knowledge of online organizing, I secured my winning margin without spending a penny.” The Bilerico Project