district-2 city council candidate kenzie smith says he recently found several of his campaign posters corner of 14th avenue and east 12th street. ( james ) you might remember kenzie smith from the bar-b-que becky incident earlier this year at oakland's lake merritt. she called police on him for using a charcoal grill in an area where only gas grills are allowed. now that polls are open across the country --- it's now just a waiting game. but before today, millions of dollars were spent on ads. thousands of hours pounding the pavement, knocking on doors, making calls or sending texts. natasha chen is in washington watching it all unfold. after months of stumping and hitting the campaign trailrep.