Reeder: In democracy, the concession of an election matters
SPRINGFIELD – A candidate concession speech is an important rite in a democracy that is done not for the benefit of the winner or the loser but as a means of honoring the voters and our system of government.Sometimes the speech is done at a podium before a crowd, but more often than not it happens with the loser calling the winner with a word of congratulations."I remember running for the legislature when I was 28 years old and losing. I thought my political [...]