Peggy the Petitioner
Not quite sure what to do with this little tidbit. But it's true, so I'm going to pass it on.
A little birdy - a blue jay, I think - told me that CD7 candidate Peggy Lamm has decided to petition onto the Democratic primary ballot instead of going through the caucuses. I called Kathryn Poindexter, Lamm's field director, and she confirmed the rumor, which makes it no longer a rumor, but the truth.
In fact, Kathryn seemed extremely happy about Lamm's choice. Kathryn's background is in collecting signatures and rallying ground troops. She spoke confidently about the idea of taking the Lamm campaign to the people. At one point, she even blurted out, "I love petitions!" And I shouted back, "I love petitions, too!" It was a very strange conversation.
What does all this mean? Well, Wash Park Prophet wrote that "Peggy Lamm is likely to either get on the primary ballot in [the caucus] process, or at least get the 10% support she needs to get on the ballot by petition, which shouldn't be much of an obstacle for her." So Lamm probably could have gotten onto the ballot either way. I think the bottom line is that none of the three Democratic CD7 candidates is backing down. And the primary will be an exciting one.
Let's keep it clean out there, candidates.
A little birdy - a blue jay, I think - told me that CD7 candidate Peggy Lamm has decided to petition onto the Democratic primary ballot instead of going through the caucuses. I called Kathryn Poindexter, Lamm's field director, and she confirmed the rumor, which makes it no longer a rumor, but the truth.
In fact, Kathryn seemed extremely happy about Lamm's choice. Kathryn's background is in collecting signatures and rallying ground troops. She spoke confidently about the idea of taking the Lamm campaign to the people. At one point, she even blurted out, "I love petitions!" And I shouted back, "I love petitions, too!" It was a very strange conversation.
What does all this mean? Well, Wash Park Prophet wrote that "Peggy Lamm is likely to either get on the primary ballot in [the caucus] process, or at least get the 10% support she needs to get on the ballot by petition, which shouldn't be much of an obstacle for her." So Lamm probably could have gotten onto the ballot either way. I think the bottom line is that none of the three Democratic CD7 candidates is backing down. And the primary will be an exciting one.
Let's keep it clean out there, candidates.
1 Comments:
What happened to Peggy's junk polling numbers?
There are two ways into the primary, people showing up at the caucus and voting you in, or paying people to scramble around the district and collect signatures.
If Peggy had the huge leads that her poll says she had amongst 'likely primary voters' why didn't she stay in the caucus?
I like petitions too, and I think with Kathryn handling things, Peggy has nothing to worry about going that route, but doesn't this imply that she was pushing a poll that she knows was innacurate?
Why put in the time and expense of petitioning if she thought she could get the 30% in the caucus she needed for a primary spot?
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