Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

They did their best but the electorate spoke and, like true democrats, they must accept, as we all do, the electorate's decision. I speak from a position of strength because we got 36% of the vote for Fianna Fáil in County Westmeath, the highest in the country for the party, and we gained a seat in the Coole area, one of only two in the country-----