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.

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.

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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 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.

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

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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.

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

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