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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was really frustrated by the results of the primary, so I don't know who I will vote for. It's such a disappointing crew. [/quote]

At least O'Connell didn't make it. We dodged a bullet there, at least.
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I was shocked (but pleased) he didn't make it. [/quote]

I wasn't surprised he lost. The only white guy to win a City Council race in Alexandria in the last nine years is Kirk McPike.[/quote]

Thats a little crazy huh?[/quote]

McPike is gay, which probably helps, and is very popular with the local Democratic committee members, which definitely helps. And I think his husband has some sort of prominent job, too. People who are well known tend to have an advantage. [/quote]

There is a transgender candidate (Charlotte Scherer) and another lbgtq candidate as well. Do you think that's going to work for their advantage too?[/quote]

They lost in the primary and aren't on the ballot any more.

James Lewis ran last time, too, and it seems that if Democratic voters are going to pick a gay candidate for Council, they prefer McPike to Lewis. Maybe because McPike seems more in-line with the dominant Wilson-style policies than Lewis, who is all over the map?

Charlotte Scherer might have ended up in sixth place if she hadn't gone hard on the NIMBY / Silberberg policy positions that tend to lose Alexandria Democratic primaries.[/quote]

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