Is this how the Kennedys got started? Democratic congressional candidate Gary Mueller enjoys the campaign trail, but he’s not on it alone.
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The Mueller offspring — Erin, 6; Benjamin, 5; Megan, 2; and Scott, 9 months — have taken to life in the limelight.
First-grader Erin “is Gary’s No. 1 campaigner,” said mom Jean Mueller. “She brings bumper stickers to school. She tells her teacher every day to vote for her daddy.”
Preschooler Benjamin spent primary election night asking, “What are the numbers?” “He doesn’t know what it means, but he knows to ask the right question,” Gary Mueller said.
The young Muellers don’t have much to say about politics, but all four now regard parades as a participatory, rather than a spectator, sport, Jean Mueller said. “They think this is normal,” she said. “It’s scary.”