Jack Evans has an opponent - can he be beat?

[Anonymous]

An ANC from Foggy Bottom is challenging him. I've met Patrick Kennedy - super young, but seems dialed in. Especially curious to hear opinions from residents of Ward 2.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/patrick-kennedy-to-run-against-embattled-dc-council-member-jack-evans-in-2020/2019/04/08/7d6f1c60-5a10-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html?utm_term=.0

[Anonymous]

Thank goodness. His constituents need to vote for him on principle alone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness. His constituents need to vote for him on principle alone!

OP here. I am a resident of Ward 2 and constituent of Kennedy's - I'll definitely be voting for him and will volunteer as well. Jack Evans is just embarrassing at this point. Gotta say - I'm kind of jealous of Kennedy. He may be in for a massive job upgrade at the ripe old age of 27.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness. His constituents need to vote for him on principle alone!

OP here. I am a resident of Ward 2 and constituent of Kennedy's - I'll definitely be voting for him and will volunteer as well. Jack Evans is just embarrassing at this point. Gotta say - I'm kind of jealous of Kennedy. He may be in for a massive job upgrade at the ripe old age of 27.

+1
Isn't Evans under all sorts of investigations? No more uncontested seat for him.

[Anonymous]

65-35% Jack will be back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness. His constituents need to vote for him on principle alone!

OP here. I am a resident of Ward 2 and constituent of Kennedy's - I'll definitely be voting for him and will volunteer as well. Jack Evans is just embarrassing at this point. Gotta say - I'm kind of jealous of Kennedy. He may be in for a massive job upgrade at the ripe old age of 27.

+1
Isn't Evans under all sorts of investigations? No more uncontested seat for him.

Yup.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/773191.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:65-35% Jack will be back.

He's dead, Jim

[Anonymous]

Burleith resident here:

People here - especially newer younger families (like us) - are hungry for new blood. Our new ANC rep, Kishan Putta, beat out part of the old guard who took his seat for granted. I see similar trends in this race.

If Kennedy makes a concerted effort to campaign and hits the pavement hard to meet Ward 2 residents, he will have a real chance. Jack has phoned it in for decades, he didn't even both to campaign last time.

Unfortunately, I think Kennedy won't be the only primary candidate. If two other candidates jump in the race, then it really dilutes the "change" vote and Jack squeaks by with a measly plurality (like 35-40%). There's a lot of older residents in my neighborhood who don't like change. Jack is a known quantity, despite the fact that he's overseen the decline of Wisconsin Ave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Burleith resident here:

People here - especially newer younger families (like us) - are hungry for new blood. Our new ANC rep, Kishan Putta, beat out part of the old guard who took his seat for granted. I see similar trends in this race.

If Kennedy makes a concerted effort to campaign and hits the pavement hard to meet Ward 2 residents, he will have a real chance. Jack has phoned it in for decades, he didn't even both to campaign last time.

Unfortunately, I think Kennedy won't be the only primary candidate. If two other candidates jump in the race, then it really dilutes the "change" vote and Jack squeaks by with a measly plurality (like 35-40%). There's a lot of older residents in my neighborhood who don't like change. Jack is a known quantity, despite the fact that he's overseen the decline of Wisconsin Ave.

Thanks for this response! This basically mirrors what I had thought, though is a little more optimistic on Kennedy's chances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Burleith resident here:

People here - especially newer younger families (like us) - are hungry for new blood. Our new ANC rep, Kishan Putta, beat out part of the old guard who took his seat for granted. I see similar trends in this race.

If Kennedy makes a concerted effort to campaign and hits the pavement hard to meet Ward 2 residents, he will have a real chance. Jack has phoned it in for decades, he didn't even both to campaign last time.

Unfortunately, I think Kennedy won't be the only primary candidate. If two other candidates jump in the race, then it really dilutes the "change" vote and Jack squeaks by with a measly plurality (like 35-40%). There's a lot of older residents in my neighborhood who don't like change. Jack is a known quantity, despite the fact that he's overseen the decline of Wisconsin Ave.

Thanks for this response! This basically mirrors what I had thought, though is a little more optimistic on Kennedy's chances.

I believe political scientists call this the "Nadeau Strategy."

[Anonymous]

OP here. The utter lack of activity, discussion, and outrage on this thread leads me to believe there's no way Jack can be beat. Pity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The utter lack of activity, discussion, and outrage on this thread leads me to believe there's no way Jack can be beat. Pity.

People don't pay attention to these local races. And the newspapers don't cover them well, so it's hard to get info on the candidates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The utter lack of activity, discussion, and outrage on this thread leads me to believe there's no way Jack can be beat. Pity.

Dead. Man. Walking.