My apologies - Natalie Johnson Lee in Ward 5 is the Greens' high-water
mark in council races with 37 percent (17 points back of Cherryhomes).
Other Green council percentages were Cam with 32, Dean Z. with 26,
Brother Shane with 18, Mark Knapp with 17.
Since I'm burning my second post fixing my errors, I just thought I'd
list the Ward council vote totals, in order of turnout (no primaries in
Ward 4 &13):
Ward 11: 6386
Ward 12: 5447
Ward 7: 5426
Ward 10: 5030
Ward 9: 4461
Ward 1: 4416
Ward 8: 3772
Ward 2: 3363
Ward 3: 2877
Ward 5: 2863
Ward 6: 2650
Random observations:
Interesting that in the wards with the fewest total voters, the Greens
did the best. (Not meant as a criticism, just an observation!! It's good
for democracy to get a new party, ok!!)
Ward 8, perceived as an extremely-low-turnout "inner city,
blacks-don't-vote" ward, topped Ward 2. Both had intense 3-way races.
Other thoughts:
We can debate who the big winner was, but Labor was the big loser. SSB,
Campbell, even McDonald (who had some labor support), all flubbed. I
think one reason you saw all the council candidates/insurgents clamoring
to support RT yesterday is that the CLU's Dick Johnson lost a lot of
influence. Labor tried to enforce discipline; the voters ignored them.
Now candidates feel safer listening to the voters instead of the labor
leaders.
Sabri or not Sabri: three candidates most publicly tied to Basim (fairly
or unfairly) lost or had rotten days: Sharon, McDonald, Lickness. Vickie
Brock, who had the Herron connection, survived but with just 26 percent.
Tim Bonham mentioned the male-female split, but race is potentially the
big story once the election is over. Brother Shane, Natalie Johnson Lee,
and Vickie Brock all have uphill challenges, so the new council will
likely be all-white - in a city that is increasingly non-white. If
Sharon loses, the mayor will be white, too. How much more estranged will
a growing minority community feel from their city government? How much
harder will it be to bring citizens together?
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10
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