April 25, 2006
The race to succeed Ed Murray in the 43rd L.D.
Kudos to The Stranger for its series of posts on the six major candidates who are vying for the Democratic nomination to succeed Rep. Ed Murray in the 43rd Legislative District (my district). The candidates themselves are competing with each other to see who can be the angriest left-wing liberal in Seattle and advocate the loudest on behalf of the same stale liberal shibboleths ("fully fund" education, unlimited billions more for light rail, reverse geologic climate change, impeach Chimpy Bushitlerburton, eliminate world hunger, outlaw intolerance, etc.). Only one of the six candidates even works in the private sector. The rest are career-long government employees.
I'm thinking. Gee. Six basically indistinguishable candidates working their tails off and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars between themselves to split the hardcore vote. Wouldn't it be an opportunity for a moderate Democrat (or even a moderate Republican) to run in the Democrat primary, let the angry liberals beat each other up, and walk away with the moderate and the crossover vote, possibly even winning the nomination? Back in the September 1994 primary for this district, Frank Chopp won the nomination with only 5,981 votes:
District #43 Representative #2
Candidate Party Votes Percentage
Frank Chopp D 5981 39.85%
Margaret (Margy) Heldring D 3406 22.69%
Russ Brubaker D 2989 19.91%
Steve Goldblatt D 1050 7.00%
Gary Witzel D 853 5.68%
Eleanor Owen D 730 4.86%
This year there are a number of strong candidates who could conceivably divide the hardcore activist vote even more, giving a stealth candidate an even lower hurdle for winning the nomination.
I'm just saying.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at April 25, 2006
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1. It probably won't matter, the winner will pull 117% of the vote.
A good indicator for just what this figure might be will be seen in all the school levies up for vote (by mail) today. Its pay-back time to the WEA for all their support to the libs, so I predict landslide victories for most if not all of the levy votes. This includes those that would normally fail...but don't, thanks to the dead and the illegals.
2. Sounds like you're advocating diversity in the leftist echo chamber called Seattle. Lots of luck.
3. Hey Stefan, don't you live in the 43rd LD.
Maybe you could run in the Democractic primary.
Wouldn't that be fun?
4. PI says the Queen has solved a lot of those problems already and is now going after health care with a report in December.
5. 1 Stefan run as the Green canidate enforcing the Kyoto protocol and have a plank that mayors of municipalities w/ good public transporation systems have to use public transporation, walk, or a bicyle
2 Also they cannot chop all the trees down on their property
3 Sell the Lincoln, Cadillac, and Explorer and give the funds to the Seattle School District for kids sake
6. Well, it looks like Stefan lives in the 43rd. He ought to run.
7. I think it is time for you to switch parties Stefan.
8. Yes the Queen wants universal health care in this state, (this state only) which is a way to attract all of the libs here from all over the country. Yes we would have an influx of dependent people that would make your state pocketbook burst. The influx of dependent democraps to this state as a result of this boondoggle would once again break the state budget which rose nearly 20% this year. So how is she planning on paying for healthcare for every individual in this state, plus and the flocks of half the nations democraps who would run here just for these benefits. Yet another massive tax increase and an additional Income tax of 9%. No end to these mind numb tax happy idiots!
9. I would vote for Stefan. I never changed my registration from my mom's house in that wacky district (only registered once). And I'm sure I could get my mom to vote for Stefan - so that's two votes.
I could probably also get my dad to vote for Stefan even though he's been at ambient temperature for some time now.
10. You are wrong in the way you characterize global climate change and most - but thankfully not all of the GOP leadership - is way far wacky on this fundamentally important issue. You need to wake up or the party will drown in this reality.
11. Explain how that drowning thing works again, would ya?
12. Let's all vote 6 times for Stefan.
Could you repost those addresses where we can still fraudulently file our registrations?
I'm not a felon or illegal alien, but I think my vote[s] should still count [several times]
13. I think I'll throw my hat in for Shark too.
I don't live in that district, but hell, that shouldn't stop me. I'm tired of always having to vote in the same old district anyway. I think I'll do both this time around.
14. Well since Stephan lives in the district you could get a job as his chief landscaper, or maybe hike around his yard and build some sweat equity. then surely you could vote using is address.
15. Does anyone think it would be even remotely possible, in a race with no known names, for a third party candidate (L) to win? 'm thinking of making a run but had basically written it off because of the incumbents. Now that Ed Murray is out...
Long shot, I know. Someone from Seattle voting against taxes? Crazy. Also, I'm all for suburban sprawl. And roads. And elimination of any government service that does not serve a legitimate function as laid out in the Washington State Constitution, which I am reading right now (it's pretty boring). So far I haven't seen anything about taxpayer funded sex change operations.