The electorate of Bosnia and Herzegovina has spoken, and no Mirsad Hadzikadic was not elected to be the next Bosniak representative on the three member presidential council.  Of the six candidates who were running, Mirsad, an independent, finished fourth behind the well established and well funded candidates of various national parties.  In Sarajevo though he finished a strong third, out polling one of the heavily favored candidates from a national party.  When all of the absentee ballots are finally counted it is expected that Mirsad will have received over 50,000 votes.  This from a man who was a relatively unknown back in May, running a campaign that was totally underfunded compared to the competition and piecing together a campaign team one day at a time.  However by the latter part of August, the little train that could, started gaining momentum as the “spark” of change finally ignited within a core group of supporters.  Mirsad, his wife Mirzeta and I met in Old Sarajevo on this day after the election.  We sat beneath a canopy at an outdoor restaurant as a slight drizzle tqpped out a tune above us.  We spoke about the results and what lies ahead.