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The best TV ad of the year stars a candidate's wife.

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Yes, this has been an ugly election season. We don't need to get into specifics -- you know all about it.

Which is why politicos across the country are heralding Gerald Daugherty.

Who? Daugherty is a former Boston Red Sox prospect who didn't make the Big Leagues but did become a successful entrepreneur in his native Texas. He's now Travis County commissioner, and he wants to keep his job. His wife Charlyn wants him to keep it too. Because she just can't face the prospect of having him around the house all the time.

She's the star of a new ad for Daugherty, and she's a natural. AdWeek asks rhetorically, "Is this Texas Republican's campaign ad the most charming of the 2016 election?"

Yep. It definitely is. In fact, even the progressive "netroots" website Daily Kos, which usually doesn't praise GOP candidates, agrees. It encourages everyone to "take a moment to appreciate the most humorous ad of this election season."

Give the TV spot a look below and feel better -- finally -- about our democracy.

-- Douglas Perry