Local endorsements
The Durham Peoples Alliance and the Friends of Durham have announced their endorsements for the primary round of voting for City Council.
The PA is endorsing Diane Catotti, David Harris, and Eugene Brown for City Council, while the Friends, as previously reported, endorsed Eugene Brown, Laney Funderburk, and, surprising some observers, Diane Catotti.
Over at DurhamDemocrats.org, there's a post saying that the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People have endorsed Farad Ali and Victoria Peterson, opting not to endorse a third candidate.
(Links are provided to official candidate websites only.)
If Frank's theory holds true, then all six of these candidates should make it into the general election. (Durham's October primary is intended to whittle the field to no more than two candidates for each seat. There are three at-large seats, so that tranlsates to six candidates.) Assuming that no endorsements change between now and then, the struggle for that third seat should be very interesting. But that's quite the assumption. Many of recall that in the 2003 at-large election, Thomas Stith did not recieve the DCABP's endorsement in the primary. He finished 3rd. He did replace Diane Catotti in the Committee's endorsement list for the general election. Catotti still led all vote getters, but Diane Wright, who had finished second in the primary, fell to fourth, a scant 100 votes behind Stith for the last Council seat. Eugene Brown, who had finished 4th in the primary,30 votes behind Stith, finished second, 400 votes ahead of him.
We're still waiting to hear back from the candidates inresponse to our questionnaire. Hopefully we'll get those in time to help you all make an informed decision.
The PA is endorsing Diane Catotti, David Harris, and Eugene Brown for City Council, while the Friends, as previously reported, endorsed Eugene Brown, Laney Funderburk, and, surprising some observers, Diane Catotti.
Over at DurhamDemocrats.org, there's a post saying that the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People have endorsed Farad Ali and Victoria Peterson, opting not to endorse a third candidate.
(Links are provided to official candidate websites only.)
If Frank's theory holds true, then all six of these candidates should make it into the general election. (Durham's October primary is intended to whittle the field to no more than two candidates for each seat. There are three at-large seats, so that tranlsates to six candidates.) Assuming that no endorsements change between now and then, the struggle for that third seat should be very interesting. But that's quite the assumption. Many of recall that in the 2003 at-large election, Thomas Stith did not recieve the DCABP's endorsement in the primary. He finished 3rd. He did replace Diane Catotti in the Committee's endorsement list for the general election. Catotti still led all vote getters, but Diane Wright, who had finished second in the primary, fell to fourth, a scant 100 votes behind Stith for the last Council seat. Eugene Brown, who had finished 4th in the primary,30 votes behind Stith, finished second, 400 votes ahead of him.
We're still waiting to hear back from the candidates inresponse to our questionnaire. Hopefully we'll get those in time to help you all make an informed decision.
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LOL. Victoria Peterson. The most outspoken homophobe in Durham. Nifong's moll. The woman inciting the New Black Panthers to burn down the lacrosse house. I guess her endorsers have learned not one lesson from the civil suits which will affect every other citizen.
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