--- title: Steve Zahn Dressed For the Revolutionary War on Election Day description: The rom-com star was spotted in the streets of Lexington, KY ready for war on Election Day. canonical: https://time.com/5445949/steve-zahn-election-day/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-07T15:36:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:50.563Z og:title: Actor Spotted Dressed For the Historic War on Election Day og:description: The rom-com star was spotted in the streets of Lexington, KY ready for war og:url: https://time.com/5445949/steve-zahn-election-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a83e3f02920d93/69893e7bbc6cfc6ee83e75e6/stevezahnelectionday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Premiere Of National Geographic's "Valley of The Boom" At Tribeca TV Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Actor Spotted Dressed For the Historic War on Election Day twitter:description: The rom-com star was spotted in the streets of Lexington, KY ready for war twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a83e3f02920d93/69893e7bbc6cfc6ee83e75e6/stevezahnelectionday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Actor You'll Recognize From Rom Coms Spotted Walking Around In Revolutionary War Garb on Election Day > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for National Geographic) Bryan Bedder—Getty Images for National Geogra by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Nov 7, 2018 3:36 PM UTC Elections are filled with war analogies—there are battleground states where a campaign’s foot soldiers gathered in war rooms as candidates gun for each others’ seats. So when actor Steve Zahn hit the streets of Lexington, KY to help get out the vote on [Election Day,](http://time.com/5445124/2018-midterm-races-to-watch/) he dressed for war—the Revolutionary War. The star who has appeared in films like _Reality Bites_, _That Thing You Do!_, _Happy, Texas_, and the first three _Diary of a Wimpy Kid_ films, was spotted strutting around the streets of the city in full colonial military garb, according to the local [NBC News affiliate, Lex18\. ](https://lex18.com/news/2018/11/06/actor-steve-zahn-walking-around-lexington-in-revolutionary-war-garb/) The stunt drew a lot of attention from Kentucky voters surprised to see Zahn dressed a little like he was George Washington about to cross the Delaware or Paul Revere trying to warn people about the imminent arrival of the British. Instead, it was Zahn, who is [reportedly](https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/celebrities/article221208800.html) based in Kentucky, stumping for Democratic candidate Amy McGrath by handing out bumper stickers at a busy intersection. The star then went door to door, surprising people who were reportedly thrilled to have a visit from a historical reenactor on their door step and reminding them to vote in the midterm elections. Lucky Lexingtonians who got a visit from the star posted pictures to social media to share their star sightings. > [](https://twitter.com/DJFiske/status/1059834556663111680) > [](https://twitter.com/michaeldillon75/status/1059867655019134976) A spokesperson for Zahn did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5445949/steve-zahn-election-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5445949/steve-zahn-election-day/"},"headline":"Actor You'll Recognize From Rom Coms Spotted Walking Around In Revolutionary War Garb on Election Day","datePublished":"2018-11-07T15:36:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:50.563Z","description":"The rom-com star was spotted in the streets of Lexington, KY ready for war","url":"https://time.com/5445949/steve-zahn-election-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Viral News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a83e3f02920d93/69893e7bbc6cfc6ee83e75e6/stevezahnelectionday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2a83e3f02920d93/69893e7bbc6cfc6ee83e75e6/stevezahnelectionday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of National Geographic's \"Valley of The Boom\" At Tribeca TV Festival","caption":"Premiere Of National Geographic's \"Valley of The Boom\" At Tribeca TV Festival","creditText":"Bryan Bedder—Getty Images for National Geogra","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5445949/steve-zahn-election-day/","name":"Actor You'll Recognize From Rom Coms Spotted Walking Around In Revolutionary War Garb on Election Day"}}]}] ```