We've got another in the increasingly crowded field of would-be Democratic write-in candidates for the 33rd state Senate district.

This one is Bryan Rehm, currently a member of the Dover Area School Board. You may remember him as being among the slate of candidates who took office after that whole "intelligent design" brouhaha.

Rehm said he didn't have any particular ambition to be a state senator. But he was frustrated when he checked the Voter's Guide, and saw that no Democrats were on the primary ballot.

The way he sees it, if area Democrats are going to complain about local Republicans' political dominance, they should at least be willing to step up to the plate in situations like that. So if he gets the requisite number of signatures -- 500 -- he's willing run in November, Rehm said.

“I would be happy to run if nobody else is going to mount a challenge to the Republicans," he said. "But I would also be happy to fill out my term on the school board.”

He started calling and e-mailing people he knows, telling them of his decision. He said he didn't get to the polls himself until about 5:30 p.m., at which time he found out that he's not, in fact, the only Democrat running.

See my previous entry on write-in candidates for the backstory.