Editor’s note: Obviously, this story was written prior to Tuesday’s election. It originally ran Monday evening here on www.johnstownbreeze.com. We have not edited/changed it based on the result.

By Matt Lubich/The Johnstown Breeze

JOHNSTOWN – Replacing the incumbent’s chant of “four more years … four more years … ” with the challenger’s cry of “one more day … one more day … ” the Republican faithful filled the parking lot at Johnson’s Corner Monday afternoon for an eve-of-the-vote campaign appearance by Paul Ryan.

There likely hadn’t been this much excitement about a big elephant at the world famous truck stop since Bill Murray filmed scenes there in 1996 for his road trip picture “Larger than Life,” where Murray attempts to transport a circus elephant across country.