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A bottom feeder wants your vote on Tuesday.

(Courtesy of the 20-pound carp)

From the Huffington Post to NPR, news outlets across the nation are spreading the word about one fish's unlikely write-in campaign for Ann Arbor City Council.

It's official: The 20-pound carp has gone viral.

"Tweeting fish running for city council in Michigan," read the headline from the

New York Daily News.

"Carp Running For City Council In Michigan Has Our Vote," proclaimed the Huffington Post, offering a rare endorsement for a fish.

"A big fish rounds out the ballot in Ann Arbor, Mich.," stated the headline in the "Odd News" section of UPI.com.

David Greene, host of NPR's Morning Edition, mentioned the 20-pound candidate on air on Monday, saying "something fishy is going on in Michigan."

ABC News also joined the list of national media outlets discussing the campaign. George Stephanopoulos, co-anchor of ABC News' Good Morning America, quipped that a 20-pound carp is "going to be tough to beat."

The 20-pound carp's rise to social media fame started after he was pulled from a small pond in West Park and released into the Huron River. Some months later, he announced via Twitter that he was running for public office.

Carp says he's focusing his campaign efforts on the 4th Ward, where Democrat Jack Eaton is the only candidate on the ballot, but he can't help it if his supporters stray across borders and write in "Twenty Pound Carp" in other wards.

Twenty Pound Carp

"A snide write-in vote is a time-honored means of political protest, but at least vote for a local and not some fictional Star Wars chump," the fish tweeted.

The 20-pound carp was featured in a news video on AOL's Morning Rush Viral with Carissa Loethen, who said the campaign seems to be going swimmingly.

NBC 25 News reported that campaign signs for the piscine candidate have started appearing around Ann Arbor.

Detroit's CBS local news affiliate noted the carp has amassed a few hundred Twitter followers, which it called "a respectable number for a fish."

The fish tweets he's planning to spend election night under a quiet dock near Gallup Park, celebrating with his advisors and some stale bread.

"Fundamentally, I have sought to return us to Anson Brown's original vision for our great river town," the fish tweeted this week.

"But along the way, this singular vision has somehow ended up with me having @GStephanopoulos crack jokes on national TV about my candidacy."

There's even some chatter on GlockTalk.com, a leading online forum for gun enthusiasts. A senior member of the online forum, "MaxxAction" of Tennessee, suggested the 20-pound carp should seek higher office.

"20-pound carp for president!"

Ryan Stanton covers Ann Arbor city hall for The Ann Arbor News. Reach him at ryanstanton@mlive.com or 734-623-2529 or follow him on Twitter.