Dan Ryan, Campaign Slut
I noted recently that election porn mailers coming in from Portland City Council candidates now feature two-fers: two candidates on the same flyer. But today I see they've expanded to the ménage à trois:
I hope his other girlfriend doesn't find out!
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| In the same day's mail. |
Like the man said, "Better go home, son, and make up your mind."
I wonder if these three gave $5 campaign contributions to each other so that each would qualify for matching funds? Didn't the "charter reform" commission promise us that candidates wouldn't run in "slates"?
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These are nonpartisan elections. How many candidates does it take to make a party?
DeleteUnder RCV (as far as you’ve explained it), if you can get 4 ppl to run in a slate, the odds are in the 4’s favor that at least one of them will be elected.
ReplyDeleteAFAIK, 3 in a slate just lessens the odds that one of them will be elected.
Dan the Man now looks like the smartest guy on the ballot, as compared to the other city council mopes cutting each other to ribbons to get the capon-mayor's job. Just on ballot-fatigue and name-recognition, Dan stands a good chance to get 25-percent and $133K a year for four years. Not bad for a guy who kept getting moved from bureau to bureau to minimize his destructive powers.
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