One of the local zines interviewed me via email last month, and have finally published it online. I probably would alter some of my answers if I were doing it again THIS week, but the main "scoop" is something I know a lot of you have been waiting for me to say. ;-)
Check it out at Stubble Magazine (stubblemag.com) or wait for me to Facebook it up when I'm home tonight.
I have several candidate questionnaires to come and this morning I taped an interview with the community radio station - all of it will end up on the Facebook page for sure, and I'm sure I'll link to some of them here to keep you interested as well.
But really, go hit that "Facebook" page (facebook.com). While you're there, please use your powers of "Like" and "Share" if/as you see fit.
the concept of a very minimalist government which stayed out of the way and left folks alone with their liberty so long as they were harming others really appealed to me
This was all that survived editing out of a 20-30 minute interview - I was originally worried I'd have some trouble speaking off the cuff, but I think I only audibly lost my train of thought, like, once or twice. Not sure if folks will know when I'm funnin', and taking a lot of what I said seriously probably won't do me any favours. ;-)
Hey, some Libertarian dude had me on his podcast to talk about my campaign, my party affiliation, and if the two have much of anything to do with each other! There's also a lot of stuff that won't be of interest to almost anybody outside Minneapolis - and maybe not even them - but I know you love all my insider stuff, right? So click over here:
And the last of my 34 opponent profiles has been posted to the Facebook page! It's a bit like my old California gubernatorial recall project except this time I finished. If you haven't already, please head over to http://facebook.com/CRZforMayor and slap that Like button for me. (If I were really smart, I'd just put a button here for you to press but I'm not feeling that smart given that it's almost 5 in the morning.)
Also, if you don't want to talk there, we can talk here or on Twitter or practically anywhere. We're just under three weeks to Election Day!
Originally posted by Excalibur05I just saw your name on the WCCO news as they were talking about the balloting system. Sadly, I don't live in Minneapolis, however.
Thanks! I'll see if they put the video up overnight.
Originally posted by Excalibur05I just saw your name on the WCCO news as they were talking about the balloting system. Sadly, I don't live in Minneapolis, however.
Thanks! I'll see if they put the video up overnight.
Originally posted by piemanHey, the ballot's not in alphabetical order! I would have thought you'd get a little extra oomph for being listed last!
The order is randomized, and then they start with a different name for each of our 117 precincts with an attempt to give each name the same percentage of the populace. I DO have the longest name on the ballot, even longer than the folks with nicknames listed. I'm also the only guy between two women!
Here are the preliminary results after the first round.
Democratic-Farmer-Labor BETSY HODGES 28935 36.55% Democratic-Farmer-Labor MARK ANDREW 19584 24.74% Democratic-Farmer-Labor DON SAMUELS 8335 10.53% independent responsible inclusive CAM WINTON 7511 9.49% Democratic-Farmer-Labor JACKIE CHERRYHOMES 3524 4.45% Democratic-Farmer-Labor BOB FINE 2094 2.64% Jobs Downtown Casino DAN COHEN 1798 2.27% Democratic-Farmer-Labor STEPHANIE WOODRUFF 1010 1.28% Simplify Government MARK V ANDERSON 975 1.23% Green Party DOUG MANN 779 0.98% Republican OLE SAVIOR 693 0.88% Democratic-Farmer-Labor ALICIA K. BENNETT 351 0.44% Green Party JAMES EVERETT 347 0.44% We the people… ABDUL M RAHAMAN "THE ROCK" 338 0.43% Count All Rankings CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW 264 0.33% Socialist Workers Party TONY LANE 219 0.28% Democratic-Farmer-Labor MIKE GOULD 204 0.26% Pirate Party KURTIS W. HANNA 200 0.25% Stop Foreclosures Now JAYMIE KELLY 196 0.25% Libertarian Party CHRISTOPHER CLARK 188 0.24% Libertarian CHRISTOPHER ROBIN ZIMMERMAN 170 0.21% Democratic-Farmer-Labor JEFFREY ALAN WAGNER 164 0.21% Local Energy/Food TROY BENJEGERDES 148 0.19% Independent NEAL BAXTER 145 0.18% Democratic-Farmer-Labor GREGG A. IVERSON 144 0.18% End Homelessness Now JOSHUA REA 108 0.14% Jobs & Justice MERRILL ANDERSON 108 0.14% Last Minneapolis Mayor BILL KAHN 97 0.12% Independent JOHN LESLIE HARTWIG 97 0.12% Legacy-Next Generation EDMUND BERNARD BRUYERE 70 0.09% Independence party RAHN V. WORKCUFF 65 0.08% The people's choice JAMES "JIMMY" L. STROUD JR. 64 0.08% Demand Transit Revolution BOB "AGAIN" CARNEY JR 56 0.07% Police Reform CYD GORMAN 39 0.05% Lauraist Communist JOHN CHARLES WILSON 37 0.05% Undeclared Write-In ALL WRITE-IN** 117 0.15%
If I understand the rules correctly (and it's entirely possible that I don't), they can only eliminate Wilson (EDIT: and all the undeclared write-ins...which is all 117 of them) tonight, because theoretically it's possible for Gorman to pick up enough votes to pass Carney. (EDIT: Actually, I'm not even totally sure if they can eliminate Wilson because the write-ins should go first.)
I also received 435 (0.63%) #2 rankings and 422 (0.69%) #3 rankings. That's a total of 1027 votes amongst all rankings - not too shabby! About 1/30th of what I was aiming for to win... but it's only my first major race. ;-)
(EDIT 2: I should add that 1027 votes won't get me higher than 8th [and there's very little chance of me even getting that high] so I did tweet a concession.) (edited by CRZ on 5.11.13 2235)
Because what else was I gonna do, here are the 2nd and 3rd choices' tallies:
2ND CHOICE 1 Democratic-Farmer-Labor BETSY HODGES 14399 20.74% 3 Democratic-Farmer-Labor DON SAMUELS 14170 20.41% 2 Democratic-Farmer-Labor MARK ANDREW 12757 18.37% 5 Democratic-Farmer-Labor JACKIE CHERRYHOMES 6470 9.32% 6 Democratic-Farmer-Labor BOB FINE 3751 5.40% 4 independent responsible inclusive CAM WINTON 3751 5.40% 7 Jobs Downtown Casino DAN COHEN 2283 3.29% 8 Democratic-Farmer-Labor STEPHANIE WOODRUFF 2128 3.07% 10 Green Party DOUG MANN 1052 1.52% 9 Simplify Government MARK V ANDERSON 1035 1.49% 11 Republican OLE SAVIOR 795 1.15% 12 Democratic-Farmer-Labor ALICIA K. BENNETT 628 0.90% 15 Count All Rankings CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW 583 0.84% 13 Green Party JAMES EVERETT 550 0.79% 20 Libertarian Party CHRISTOPHER CLARK 449 0.65% 21 Libertarian CHRISTOPHER ROBIN ZIMMERMAN 435 0.63% 19 Stop Foreclosures Now JAYMIE KELLY 419 0.60% 17 Democratic-Farmer-Labor MIKE GOULD 368 0.53% 14 We the people… ABDUL M RAHAMAN "THE ROCK" 363 0.52% 24 Independent NEAL BAXTER 337 0.49% 22 Democratic-Farmer-Labor JEFFREY ALAN WAGNER 292 0.42% 16 Socialist Workers Party TONY LANE 265 0.38% 18 Pirate Party KURTIS W. HANNA 250 0.36% 23 Local Energy/Food TROY BENJEGERDES 224 0.32% 25 Democratic-Farmer-Labor GREGG A. IVERSON 215 0.31% 26 End Homelessness Now JOSHUA REA 190 0.27% 27 Jobs & Justice MERRILL ANDERSON 190 0.27% 29 Independent JOHN LESLIE HARTWIG 185 0.27% 28 Last Minneapolis Mayor BILL KAHN 164 0.24% 31 Independence party RAHN V. WORKCUFF 118 0.17% 33 Demand Transit Revolution BOB "AGAIN" CARNEY JR 98 0.14% 32 The people's choice JAMES "JIMMY" L. STROUD JR. 98 0.14% 34 Police Reform CYD GORMAN 96 0.14% 35 Lauraist Communist JOHN CHARLES WILSON 66 0.10% 30 Legacy-Next Generation EDMUND BERNARD BRUYERE 59 0.08% Undeclared Write-In ALL WRITE-IN** 195 0.28%
3RD CHOICE 3 Democratic-Farmer-Labor DON SAMUELS 11178 18.38% 2 Democratic-Farmer-Labor MARK ANDREW 8977 14.76% 5 Democratic-Farmer-Labor JACKIE CHERRYHOMES 8045 13.23% 1 Democratic-Farmer-Labor BETSY HODGES 6742 11.08% 6 Democratic-Farmer-Labor BOB FINE 4506 7.41% 4 independent responsible inclusive CAM WINTON 3974 6.53% 8 Democratic-Farmer-Labor STEPHANIE WOODRUFF 2633 4.33% 7 Jobs Downtown Casino DAN COHEN 2072 3.41% 15 Count All Rankings CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW 1440 2.37% 10 Green Party DOUG MANN 1105 1.82% 9 Simplify Government MARK V ANDERSON 905 1.49% 12 Democratic-Farmer-Labor ALICIA K. BENNETT 854 1.40% 13 Green Party JAMES EVERETT 806 1.33% 11 Republican OLE SAVIOR 657 1.08% 17 Democratic-Farmer-Labor MIKE GOULD 548 0.90% 20 Libertarian Party CHRISTOPHER CLARK 531 0.87% 24 Independent NEAL BAXTER 493 0.81% 25 Democratic-Farmer-Labor GREGG A. IVERSON 437 0.72% 21 Libertarian CHRISTOPHER ROBIN ZIMMERMAN 422 0.69% 18 Pirate Party KURTIS W. HANNA 418 0.69% 19 Stop Foreclosures Now JAYMIE KELLY 412 0.68% 16 Socialist Workers Party TONY LANE 397 0.65% 22 Democratic-Farmer-Labor JEFFREY ALAN WAGNER 375 0.62% 14 We the people… ABDUL M RAHAMAN "THE ROCK" 367 0.60% 23 Local Energy/Food TROY BENJEGERDES 323 0.53% 26 End Homelessness Now JOSHUA REA 267 0.44% 29 Independent JOHN LESLIE HARTWIG 248 0.41% 27 Jobs & Justice MERRILL ANDERSON 216 0.36% 28 Last Minneapolis Mayor BILL KAHN 194 0.32% 33 Demand Transit Revolution BOB "AGAIN" CARNEY JR 172 0.28% 31 Independence party RAHN V. WORKCUFF 162 0.27% 32 The people's choice JAMES "JIMMY" L. STROUD JR. 154 0.25% 34 Police Reform CYD GORMAN 136 0.22% 35 Lauraist Communist JOHN CHARLES WILSON 112 0.18% 30 Legacy-Next Generation EDMUND BERNARD BRUYERE 83 0.14% Undeclared Write-In ALL WRITE-IN** 463 0.76%
Elections has some additional stats: TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 80101 Maximum possible threshold 40051 overvotes 93 undervotes 834
It's not entirely impossible Hodges won't get over 40K, but we may get down to 3-4 candidates before it happens. And if it DOESN'T happen, we'll have to eliminate 33 candidates. Mark Andrew probably could have waited for his quasi-concession until tomorrow.
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