You heard it here first!

In last month's NTEN Connect, we pointed you to the campaign of Sean Tevis, a Kansas man running for the state legislature. Today, Sean was profiled on NPR's Morning Edition.

Told that he would have to raise about $26,000 to be competitive in his race, Sean set to work canvassing door to door. Eventually, he raised -- wait for it -- about $25.

Then, he had an epiphany: use the internet. Sean built a site that no professional campaign adviser would have dreamed of approving: a site for geeks. His first content was a cartoon titled "Running for Office: It's Like a Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner."

This is not your mother's political site. Though it's breaking all the rules, it's also working. Sean has raised more than $96,000 from 6,000 people, from all over the country.

Why has Sean been successful? I'd argue that his fundraising works because he is authentic. That's his voice, with no filters, on his site. It resonates with a small, but usually skeptical crowd of folks who are responding to his authenticity and transparency.

What will be most interesting is what Sean does next. We'll have to see if he can rally those same people to act on his behalf and turn out the vote.

Oh, and when you're done listening to the story on NPR, you should totally check out this very cool site.