I'm very excited about how well MPA's text message based straw poll of the gubernatorial race is going.

I was excited to try out some new technology but was worried that our membership and the general population of Maine, both of which skew a bit old, might not be into the whole "texting" thing.

It seems I was wrong. We've had hundreds of responses, coverage in the Keenebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, and it was great to see volunteers for all the candidates at the recent Democratic convention wearing stickers asking delegates to text in a vote for their candidate.

If you haven't yet voted, just send a text message to 978-242-6207 with the last name of any of the 11 candidates in the gubernatorial primaries. If you'd like to round up more votes for your preferred candidate, feel free to invite your friends to this Facebook event.

Results will be announced this Thursday.